The Faithful and the Faithless
1 Help, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we 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 will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
6 The words of the Lord are pure words: As silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord , Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, When the vilest men are exalted.
