New Living Translation | New Living Translation |
1Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! | 1Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! |
2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. | 2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. |
3May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. | 3May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. |
4They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?” | 4They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?” |
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.” | 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.” |
6The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. | 6The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. |
7Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation, | 7Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation, |
8even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land. | 8even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land. |
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. | 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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