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Help, LORD , for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2
They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
3
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
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Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"
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"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD ; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."