1 For the end, a Psalm of David, upon the eighth.
2 Save me, O Lord ; for the godly man has failed ; for truth is diminished from among the children of men. Notesn1 Gr. truths are become rare.
3 Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour : their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.
4 Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words :
5 who have said, We will magnify our tongue ; our lips are our own : who is Lord of us ?
6 Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety ; I will speak to them thereof openly.
7 The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles ; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Notesn1 Gr. the earth.
8 Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.
9 The ungodly walk around : according to thy greatness thou hast greatly exalted the sons of men.