| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished. | 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. |
| 2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. | 2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak. |
| 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts! | 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things; |
| 4They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?" | 4Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?" |
| 5"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the LORD. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire." | 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." |
| 6The LORD's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined. | 6The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. |
| 7You, LORD, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people, | 7You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever. |
| 8for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil. | 8The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. |
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