| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. | 1I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer. |
| 2Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | 2Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people. |
| 3What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? | 3O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment? |
| 4A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree! | 4You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals. |
| 5Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! | 5How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar. |
| 6Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace. | 6I am tired of living among people who hate peace. |
| 7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war! | 7I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war! |
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