| New Living Translation | King James Bible |
| 1I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer. | 1A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. |
| 2Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people. | 2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. |
| 3O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment? | 3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? |
| 4You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals. | 4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. |
| 5How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar. | 5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! |
| 6I am tired of living among people who hate peace. | 6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. |
| 7I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war! | 7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. |
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