1. Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth;
1. for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbor:
2. with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips,
3. and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4. who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
4. our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
5. now will I arise, saith the Lord;
5. I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
6. The words of the Lord are pure words:
6. as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord,
7. thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8. The wicked walk on every side,
8. when the vilest men are exalted.