The Faithful Have Vanished
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
Save, O Lord, for athe godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone autters lies to his neighbor;
with bflattering lips and ca double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all aflattering lips,
the tongue that makes bgreat boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because athe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
bI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the csafety for which he longs.”
6 aThe words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.