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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[21] Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2
Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
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May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
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They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
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The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
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The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
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Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
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even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.
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NLT
1
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[21] Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2
Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3
May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
4
They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5
The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
6
The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
7
Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8
even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.
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