[1]  In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

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[2]  Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.

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[3]  What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

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[4]  Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.

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[5]  Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

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[6]  My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.

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[7]  I amforpeace: But when I speak, they are for war.

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