1 Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy To the Chief Musician. Ps. 6:title On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David. Help, Lord , for the godly man (Is. 57:1); Mic. 7:2 ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 Ps. 10:7; 41:6 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 the 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 2 Sam. 22:31; Ps. 18:30; 119:140; Prov. 30:5 pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.
7 You shall keep them, O Lord , You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
8 The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.