| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A song of ascents. I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me. | 1A song of ascents. In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me." |
| 2Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | 2 LORD, deliver me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue." |
| 3What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue? | 3What will He give you, and what will He do to you, you deceitful tongue? |
| 4He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush. | 4A warrior's sharp arrows with burning charcoal! |
| 5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar! | 5What misery that I have stayed in Meshech, that I have lived among the tents of Kedar! |
| 6Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. | 6I have lived too long with those who hate peace. |
| 7I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. | 7I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. |
| New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. | Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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