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