1. - Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for [Gr. truths are become rare] truth is diminished from among the children of men.
2. Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.
3. Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
4. who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?
5. Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.
6. The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a [Gr. the earth] furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7. Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.
8. The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.