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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; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail 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 vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
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The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and 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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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 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 the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a 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 shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt 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 on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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