KJV:
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
NASB:
"Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
KJV:
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
NASB:
"Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamities?
KJV:
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
NASB:
"They break up my path, They profit from my destruction; No one restrains them.
KJV:
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
NASB:
There is nothing reliable in what they say; Their inward part is destruction itself. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.
KJV:
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
NASB:
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all day long.
KJV:
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
NASB:
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
KJV:
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
NASB:
"Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire."
KJV:
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
NASB:
Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.
KJV:
{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
NASB:
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by.