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New Living Translation NLT
1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
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They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
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The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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The LORD ’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.