Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 <<For the Chief Musician; upon sheminit. A Psalm of David.>> Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:
2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. With flattering lips, and with a double heart, do they speak.
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Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
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Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
4 Who have said, "With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"
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Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?'
5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
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Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it.
6 The words of the LORD are flawless words, As silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
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Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
7 You will keep them, LORD, You will preserve them from this generation forever.
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Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.
8 The wicked walk on every side, When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
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Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
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