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[For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David.] Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished. |
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People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. |
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3
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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts! |
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They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?" |
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"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." |
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The LORD's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined. |
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You, LORD, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people, |
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for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil. |
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