For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. Isa 57:1Jer 5:1Mat 24:12Isa 59:13-15Isa 1:21-22Isa 63:5Psa 6:1Gen 6:12
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Everyone lies to his neighbor. Rom 16:18Jer 9:8Psa 41:6Psa 10:7Psa 144:8Psa 5:9Jas 1:8Psa 28:3
They speak with flattering lips, and with 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 the tongue that boasts,
who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Jas 3:5-62Th 2:4Exo 5:2Job 21:14-15Jer 18:18Dan 3:15Gen 3:5Jer 2:31
Our lips are our own.
Who is lord over us?”
“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, Psa 34:6Pro 14:31Jas 5:4Psa 146:7-8Isa 33:10Mic 7:8-9Exo 2:23-24Job 5:15
I will now arise,” says the LORD;
“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
The LORD’s words are flawless words, Pro 30:5Psa 18:302Sa 22:31Psa 19:8Psa 66:10Psa 119:140
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
You will keep them, LORD. 1Sa 2:9Psa 121:81Pe 1:5Psa 145:20Psa 37:40Deu 33:3Isa 27:3Mat 3:7
You will preserve them from this generation forever.
The wicked walk on every side, Mrk 14:63-65Pro 29:12Psa 55:10-11Hos 5:11Isa 32:4-6Dan 11:21Est 3:6-15Jdg 9:18-57
when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.