GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 Help, O LORD. No godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among Adam's descendants!
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Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
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Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
3 May the LORD cut off every flattering lip and every bragging tongue
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May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
4 that has said, "We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?"
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those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
5 "Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will provide safety for those who long for it."
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“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
6 The promises of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.
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And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.
7 O LORD, you will protect them. You will keep each one safe from those people forever.
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You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
8 Wicked people parade around when immorality increases among Adam's descendants.
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who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
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