1 For the choir director; on the sheminith; a psalm by David. Help, O LORD. No godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among Adam's descendants! 2 All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another. 3 May the LORD cut off every flattering lip and every bragging tongue 4 that has said, "We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?" 5 "Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will provide safety for those who long for it." 6 The promises of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times. 7 O LORD, you will protect them. You will keep each one safe from those people forever. 8 Wicked people parade around when immorality increases among Adam's descendants. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. | |