Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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 "Lord, deliver me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue."
2
Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
3 What will He give you, and what will He do to you, you deceitful tongue?
3
What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with burning charcoal!
4
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
5 What misery that I have stayed in Meshech, that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!
5
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 I have lived too long with 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 for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.