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1 Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
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Help, LORD, because the godly are all gone; the faithful have completely disappeared from the human race!
2 Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
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Everyone tells lies to everyone else; they talk with slick speech and divided hearts.
3 May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
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Let the LORD cut off all slick-talking lips and every tongue that brags and brags,
4 those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
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that says, "We're unbeatable with our tongues! Who could get the best of us with lips like ours?"
5 “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.”
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But the LORD says, "Because the poor are oppressed, because of the groans of the needy, I'm now standing up. I will provide the help they are gasping for."
6 And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.
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The LORD's promises are pure, like silver that's been refined in an oven, purified seven times over!
7 You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
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You, LORD, will keep us, protecting us from this generation forever.
8 who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
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The wicked roam all over the place, while depravity is praised by human beings.
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