Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cry to the LORD, that he may answer me:
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When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
2 "Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue."
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Save me, Lord, from liars and deceivers.
3 What shall be given to you? And what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
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You liars, what will God do to you? How will he punish you?
4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
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With a soldier's sharp arrows, with red-hot coals!
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
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Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech or among the people of Kedar.
6 Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.
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I have lived too long with people who hate peace!
7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war!
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When I speak of peace, they are for war.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.