Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 <<To the chief musician: Upon the eighth. A Psalm of David.>> Help, LORD, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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Help, O LORD. No godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among Adam's descendants!
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor; with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things,
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May the LORD cut off every flattering lip and every bragging tongue
4 who have said, "With our tongue, we will prevail; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"
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that has said, "We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?"
5 "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."
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"Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will provide safety for those who long for it."
6 The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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The promises of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD; Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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O LORD, you will protect them. You will keep each one safe from those people forever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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Wicked people parade around when immorality increases among Adam's descendants.
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