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Help, LORD, for ^(C1)the godly person has come to an end, For the faithful have disappeared from the sons of mankind.

They ^(C1)speak ^(F1)lies to one another; They speak with ^(F2)(C2)flattering lips and a double heart.

May the LORD cut off all ^(F1)flattering lips, The tongue that ^(C1)speaks great things;

Who ^(C1)have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are ^(F1)our own; who is lord over us?"

"Because of the ^(C1)devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, Now ^(C2)I will arise," says the LORD; "I will ^(C3)put him in the safety for which he longs."

The ^(C1)words of the LORD are pure words; Like silver ^(C2)refined in a furnace on the ground, filtered seven times.

You, LORD, will keep them; You will ^(C1)protect him from this generation forever.

The ^(C1)wicked strut about on every side When ^(F1)(C2)vileness is exalted among the sons of mankind.

How long, LORD? Will You ^(C1)forget me forever? How long ^(C2)will You hide Your face from me?

How long am I to ^(C1)feel anxious in my soul, With ^(C2)grief in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

^(C1)Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; ^(C2)Enlighten my eyes, or I will ^(C3)sleep the sleep of death,

And my enemy will ^(C1)say, "I have overcome him," And ^(C2)my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

But I have ^(C1)trusted in Your faithfulness; My heart shall ^(C2)rejoice in Your salvation.

I will ^(C1)sing to the LORD, Because He has ^(C2)looked after me.