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1 To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David. Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
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Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2 They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
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Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,
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May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
4 Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?"
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They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5 "For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise," says the Lord; "I will set him in the safety for which he yearns."
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The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
6 The words of the Lord are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.
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The LORD ’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
7 You shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
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Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8 The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
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even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.