| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. | 1Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. |
| 2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak. | 2Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. |
| 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things; | 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, |
| 4Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?" | 4those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?” |
| 5"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs." | 5“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” |
| 6The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. | 6The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. |
| 7You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever. | 7You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. |
| 8The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. | 8On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man. |
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