| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. | 1For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. |
| 2They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak. | 2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak. |
| 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things, | 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things; |
| 4Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?” | 4Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?" |
| 5“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.” | 5"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs." |
| 6The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times. | 6The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. |
| 7You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever. | 7You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever. |
| 8The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. | 8The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. |
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