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

Help, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

They speak lies to one another; They speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

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

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

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

For 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.

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

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

You, LORD, will keep them; You will protect him from this generation forever.

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord , thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of mankind.

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.