1 H elp, Lord! For principled and godly people are here no more; faithfulness and the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.

Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

2 T o his neighbor each one speaks words without use or worth or truth; with flattering lips and double heart they speak.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

3 M ay the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongues that speak proud boasting,

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

4 T hose who say, With our tongues we prevail; our lips are our own —who is lord and master over us?

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who lord over us?

5 N ow will I arise, says the Lord, because the poor are oppressed, because of the groans of the needy; I will set him in safety and in the salvation for which he pants.

Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set in safety, at whom they puff.

6 T he words and promises of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Y ou will keep them and preserve them, O Lord; You will guard and keep us from this generation forever.

Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 T he wicked walk or prowl about on every side, as vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.