Focused Passage
The LORD’s Pure Words in a Generation of False Speech
The psalm moves from lament over vanishing faithfulness, to exposure of deceitful and arrogant speech, to the LORD’s promise to arise for the oppressed, to confidence in the purity and preservation of his words, ending with sober realism about wickedness still prowling.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
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