| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1A song of ascents. I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me. | 1I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer. |
| 2Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | 2Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people. |
| 3What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue? | 3O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment? |
| 4He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush. | 4You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals. |
| 5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar! | 5How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar. |
| 6Too long have I lived 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! |
| 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. | 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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