Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New International Version NIV
1 Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.
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Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.
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Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
3 Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
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May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
4 who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?
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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 of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.
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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 oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, 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 Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.
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You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
8 The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.
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who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
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