HELP, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from the sons of men.

2 They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and tongue that speaks proud things,

4 Who have said, "With our tongue we will 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 I will arise, "says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he yearns."

6 The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver tried in a furance of earth, purified seven times.

7 You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

8 In wicked prowl on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men. PSALM 12