Oppression by the Wicked
For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.
1 Help,Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.
2 They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
3 May theLordcut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
4 They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own — who can be our master? ”
5 “Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says theLord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”
6 The words of theLordare pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace,
purified seven times.
7 You,Lord, will guard us;
You will protect usfrom this generation forever.
8 The wicked wandereverywhere,
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.
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