| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished. | 1Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity. |
| 2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. | 2Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. |
| 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts! | 3The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things, |
| 4They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?" | 4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?" |
| 5"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the LORD. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire." | 5"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it." |
| 6The LORD's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined. | 6The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over. |
| 7You, LORD, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people, | 7You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever. |
| 8for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil. | 8The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. |
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