Psalm 4:2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?^(A)
How long will you love what is worthless^(B)
and pursue a lie?Selah

Psalm 4:2

New International Version

²How long will you people turn my glory^(A) into shame?^(B)
How long will you love delusions and seek false gods^[a]?^[b]^(C)

Psalm 4:2 Or seek lies
Psalm 4:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.

²¹His buttery words are smooth,^[a]
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.^(A)

Psalm 55:21 Some Hb mss, Sym, Syr, Tg, Jer read His speech is smoother than butter

²¹His talk is smooth as butter,^(A)
yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,^(B)
yet they are drawn swords.^(C)

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

New International Version (NIV)