The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 Quick, God, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, All the friends I depended on gone.
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Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 Everyone talks in lie language; Lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues.
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They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 Slice their lips off their faces! Pull The braggart tongues from their mouths!
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The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 I'm tired of hearing, "We can talk anyone into anything! Our lips manage the world."
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Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 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."
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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.
6 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.
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The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 God, keep us safe from their lies, From the wicked who stalk us with lies,
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Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 From the wicked who collect honors For their wonderful lies.
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The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
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