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1 Quick, God, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, All the friends I depended on gone.
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1 Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
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2 Everyone talks in lie language; Lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues.
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2 Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.
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3 Slice their lips off their faces! Pull The braggart tongues from their mouths!
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3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue
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4 I'm tired of hearing, "We can talk anyone into anything! Our lips manage the world."
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4 that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips--who is our master?"
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5 Into the hovels of the poor, Into the dark streets where the homeless groan, God speaks: "I've had enough; I'm on my way To heal the ache in the heart of the wretched."
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5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."
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6 God's words are pure words, Pure silver words refined seven times In the fires of his word-kiln, Pure on earth as well as in heaven.
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6 And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.
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7 God, keep us safe from their lies, From the wicked who stalk us with lies,
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7 O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.
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8 From the wicked who collect honors For their wonderful lies.
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8 The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.
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| Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved. (The Message Bible Online) |
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