Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
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, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.
2 Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.
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They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
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May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
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, "With our tongues we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is our master?"
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 despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now rise up," says the Lord; "I will place them in the safety for which they long."
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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The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
7 Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.
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You, O Lord, will protect us; you will guard us from this generation forever.
8 The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.
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On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among humankind.
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