| Christian Standard Bible | 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. |
| 2"LORD, rescue me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue." | 2Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people. |
| 3What will he give you, and what will he do 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 burning charcoal! | 4You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals. |
| 5What misery that I have stayed in Meshech, that I have lived among the tents of Kedar! | 5How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar. |
| 6I have dwelt too long with 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! |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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