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