The Godly Are No More
For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. 1 A Psalm of David.
Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; Isa 57:1Jer 5:1Mat 24:12Isa 59:13-15Isa 1:21-22Isa 63:5Psa 6:1Gen 6:12
the faithful have vanished from among men.
They lie to one another; Rom 16:18Jer 9:8Psa 41:6Psa 10:7Psa 144:8Psa 5:9Jas 1:8Psa 28:3
they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips Pro 18:21Dan 7:8Rev 13:5Psa 17:101Sa 17:43-441Sa 2:32Ki 19:23-242Pe 2:18
and every boastful tongue.
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. Jas 3:5-62Th 2:4Exo 5:2Job 21:14-15Jer 18:18Dan 3:15Gen 3:5Jer 2:31
We own our lips—who can be our master?”
“For the cause of the oppressed Psa 34:6Pro 14:31Jas 5:4Psa 146:7-8Isa 33:10Mic 7:8-9Exo 2:23-24Job 5:15
and for the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise,” says the LORD.
“I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
The words of the LORD are flawless, Pro 30:5Psa 18:302Sa 22:31Psa 19:8Psa 66:10Psa 119:140
like silver refined in a furnace,
like gold purified sevenfold. 2
You, O LORD, will keep us; 1Sa 2:9Psa 121:81Pe 1:5Psa 145:20Psa 37:40Deu 33:3Isa 27:3Mat 3:7
You will forever guard us from this generation.
The wicked wander freely, Mrk 14:63-65Pro 29:12Psa 55:10-11Hos 5:11Isa 32:4-6Dan 11:21Est 3:6-15Jdg 9:18-57
and vileness is exalted among men.