1Help Lord, for there is not a godly man left: for the faithful are failed from among the children of men.
2They speak deceitfully every one with his neighbor, flattering with their lips, and speak with a double heart.
3The Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?
5Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighs of the poor, I will up, saith the Lord, and will set at liberty him, whom the wicked hath [snared].
6The words of the Lord are pure words, as the silver, tried in a furnace of earth, fined sevenfold.
7Thou wilt keep them, O Lord; thou wilt preserve him from this generation forever.
8The wicked walk on every side; when they are exalted, it is a shame for the sons of men.