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| # | NIV 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For the director of music. According to sheminith.[20] A psalm of David. Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. | |
| 2 | Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts. | |
| 3 | May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue— | |
| 4 | those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?” | |
| 5 | “Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.” | |
| 6 | And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold[21] refined seven times. | |
| 7 | You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, | |
| 8 | who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race. |