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The Darby Translation DBY
1 Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
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{To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.
2 Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
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They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
3 May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
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Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
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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Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who [is] lord over us?
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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Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.
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 words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
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Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
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The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
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