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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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<<For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.>> Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. 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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Everyone lies to his neighbor. 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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May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
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 weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign 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 Yahweh are flawless words, As silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
7 You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
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You will keep them, Yahweh, You will preserve them 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 walk on every side, When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
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