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Common English Bible CEB
1 Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
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Help, LORD, because the godly are all gone; the faithful have completely disappeared from the human race!
2 Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
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Everyone tells lies to everyone else; they talk with slick speech and divided hearts.
3 May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
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Let the LORD cut off all slick-talking lips and every tongue that brags and brags,
4 They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop 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 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.”
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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 The LORD ’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
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The LORD's promises are pure, like silver that's been refined in an oven, purified seven times over!
7 Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
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You, LORD, will keep us, protecting us from this generation forever.
8 even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.
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The wicked roam all over the place, while depravity is praised by human beings.
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