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Help, Lord, for athe godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2
They aspeak falsehood to one another; With bflattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
3
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that aspeaks great things;
4
Who ahave said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"
5
"Because of the adevastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now bI will arise," says the Lord; "I will cset him in the safety for which he longs."
6
The awords of the Lord are pure words; As silver btried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
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You, O Lord, will keep them; You will apreserve him from this generation forever.
8
The awicked strut about on every side When bvileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
