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1 Save me, Lord, because the good people are all gone; no true believers are left on earth.
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Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone lies to his neighbors; they say one thing and mean another.
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Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 The Lord will stop those flattering lips and cut off those bragging tongues.
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May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
4 They say, "Our tongues will help us win. We can say what we wish; no one is our master."
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those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us? ”
5 But the Lord says, "I will now rise up, because the poor are being hurt. Because of the moans of the helpless, I will give them the help they want."
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“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 Lord's words are pure, like silver purified by fire, like silver purified seven times over.
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The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
7 Lord, you will keep us safe; you will always protect us from such people.
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You, O Lord, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.
8 But the wicked are all around us; everyone loves what is wrong. For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.