JPS Tanakh 1917 1For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 2Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
3They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
4May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh proud things!
5Who have said: ‘Our tongue will we make mighty; Our lips are with us: who is lord over us?’
6‘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 at whom they puff.’
7The words of the LORD are pure words, As silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
8Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
9The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT A NEW TRANSLATION |
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