| English Standard Version (ESV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 1 In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. | 1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me. |
| 2 Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | 2 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. |
| 3 What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? | 3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue? |
| 4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree! | 4 He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree. |
| 5 Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! | 5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! |
| 6 Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace. | 6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace. |
| 7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war! | 7 I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war. |
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