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To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. [fn] A Psalm of David. Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases!For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.

They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,

Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:

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

who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?

"For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he yearns."

Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.

The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.