Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
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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Quick, God, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, All the friends I depended on gone.
2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. With flattering lips, and with a double heart, do they speak.
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Everyone talks in lie language; Lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues.
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
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Slice their lips off their faces! Pull The braggart tongues from their mouths!
4 Who have said, "With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"
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I'm tired of hearing, "We can talk anyone into anything! Our lips manage the world."
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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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."
6 The words of the LORD are flawless words, As silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
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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.
7 You will keep them, LORD, You will preserve them from this generation forever.
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God, keep us safe from their lies, From the wicked who stalk us with lies,
8 The wicked walk on every side, When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
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From the wicked who collect honors For their wonderful lies.
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