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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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For the leader. On sh'minit [low-pitched musical instruments?]. A psalm of David: Help, ADONAI! For no one godly is left; the faithful have vanished from humankind.
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{To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.
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Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.
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Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.
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Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
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who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?
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Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.
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The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.
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The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.
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(11-1) <Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David.> (11-2) Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.
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To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for there is no longer any that is godly; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.
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To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for there is no longer any that is godly; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.
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To the victory, on the eighth, the song of David. Lord, make thou me safe, for the holy (man) failed; for truths be made little from the sons of men. (To victory, on the eighth, the psalm of David. Lord, save thou me, for there be no more holy people; the faithful be made few, if any, among the sons and daughters of men.)