| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. | 1Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! |
| 2Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts. | 2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. |
| 3May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue-- | 3May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. |
| 4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us--who is lord over us?" | 4They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?” |
| 5"Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them." | 5The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.” |
| 6And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. | 6The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. |
| 7You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, | 7Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation, |
| 8who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race. | 8even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land. |
| New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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