1 Help us, Lord!There is not a good person left;honest people can no longer be found.
2 All of them lie to one another;they deceive each other with flattery.
3 Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord!Close those boastful mouths that say,
4 “With our words we get what we want.We will say what we wish,and no one can stop us.”
5 “But now I will come,” says the Lord,“because the needy are oppressedand the persecuted groan in pain.I will give them the security they long for.”
6 The promises of the Lord can be trusted;they are as genuine as silverrefined seven times in the furnace.
7-8 The wicked are everywhere,and everyone praises what is evil.Keep us always safe, O Lord,and preserve us from such people.