| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. | 1Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! |
| 2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. | 2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. |
| 3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: | 3May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. |
| 4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? | 4They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?” |
| 5For 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. | 5The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.” |
| 6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. | 6The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. |
| 7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. | 7Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation, |
| 8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. | 8even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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