1 ¶ Help, LORD; for the merciful man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.
2 E ach one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart.
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
3 T he LORD shall cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks proud things:
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
4 W ho have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who lord over us?
5 F or the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the LORD; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared.
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 of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 T hou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 T he wicked press in on every side when the vilest men are exalted.
The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.