| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. | 1Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity. |
| 2They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak. | 2Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. |
| 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things, | 3The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things, |
| 4Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?” | 4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?" |
| 5“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.” | 5"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it." |
| 6The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times. | 6The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over. |
| 7You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever. | 7You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever. |
| 8The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. | 8The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. |
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