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