| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity. | 1Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. |
| 2Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. | 2Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. |
| 3The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things, | 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, |
| 4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?" | 4those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?” |
| 5"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it." | 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.” |
| 6The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over. | 6The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. |
| 7You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever. | 7You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. |
| 8The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. | 8On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man. |
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