| New International Version | Berean Study 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 cried to the LORD, and He answered me. |
| 2Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | 2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. |
| 3What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue? | 3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? |
| 4He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush. | 4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree! |
| 5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar! | 5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! |
| 6Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. | 6Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. |
| 7I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. | 7I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war. |
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