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| 1Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. | 1For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. |
| 2Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. | 2Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts. |
| 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, | 3May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue-- |
| 4those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?” | 4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us--who is lord over us?" |
| 5“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” | 5"Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them." |
| 6The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. | 6And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. |
| 7You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. | 7You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, |
| 8On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man. | 8who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race. |
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