| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me. | 1A song of ascents. In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me." |
| 2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. | 2 LORD, deliver me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue." |
| 3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? | 3What will He give you, and what will He do to you, you deceitful tongue? |
| 4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree! | 4A warrior's sharp arrows with burning charcoal! |
| 5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, 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 dwelt among those who hate peace. | 6I have lived too long with those who hate peace. |
| 7I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war. | 7I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. |
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