| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. | 1Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity. |
| 2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak. | 2Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. |
| 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things; | 3The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things, |
| 4Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?" | 4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?" |
| 5"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs." | 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." |
| 6The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. | 6The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over. |
| 7You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever. | 7You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever. |
| 8The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. | 8The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. |
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