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¹ Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.^(b)
2 They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.^(c)
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.^(d)
4 They say, "Through our tongues we have power;^[a]
our lips are our own—who can be our master?"^(e)

⁵ "Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up," says the Lord.
"I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place."^(f)

⁶ The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace,
purified seven times.^(g)

⁷ You, Lord, will guard us;^[b]
You will protect us^[c] from this generation forever.^(h)
8 The wicked wander^[d] everywhere,
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.⁽ⁱ⁾