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| [1]To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men: |
[1]To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men: |
| [2]Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. |
[2]Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. |
| [3]Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things, |
[3]Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things, |
| [4]Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?' |
[4]Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?' |
| [5]Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it. |
[5]Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it. |
| [6]Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold. |
[6]Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold. |
| [7]Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age. |
[7]Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age. |
| [8]Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men! |
[8]Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men! |