1 Help, O Lord.No godly person is left.Faithful people have vanished from among Adam’s descendants!
2 All people speak foolishly.They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
3 May the Lord cut off every flattering lipand every bragging tongue
4 that has said,“We will overcome with our tongues.With lips such as ours, who can be our master?”
5 “Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan,I will now arise,” says the Lord.“I will provide safety for those who long for it.”
6 The promises of the Lord are pure,like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.
7 O Lord, you will protect them.You will keep each one safe from those people forever.
8 Wicked people parade aroundwhen immorality increases among Adam’s descendants.