1 H elp, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 E veryone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

3 M ay Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

4 w ho have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

5 “ Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

6 Y ahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

7 Y ou will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

8 T he wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.