1. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: {cf15I with} flattering lips {cf15I and} with a double heart do they speak.
3. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, {cf15I and} the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips {cf15I are} our own: who {cf15I is} lord over us?
5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set {cf15I him} in safety {cf15I from him that} puffeth at him.
6. The words of the LORD {cf15I are} pure words: {cf15I as} silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.