New American Standard Bible NAS
English Standard Version ESV
1 Help, LORD , for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
1 Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
4 Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"
4 those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?"
5 "Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD ; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."
5 "Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."
6 The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
7 You, O LORD , will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever.
7 You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.
8 The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
8 On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
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