^1aTo the choirmaster concerning the eighth day division choir.↑

A Psalm of David.

^1bSave, O Lord,

For the benevolent man has come to an end,

For faithfulness has ceased

Among the sons of Adam.

²Each man speaks falsehood to his neighbour;

They speak with flattering lips

And with an equivocal heart.

³The Lord will cut off all flattering lips

And the tongue that speaks bombastic words

⁴– Those who say,

“We will be great with our tongue;

Our lips are with us.

Who is lord over us?”

⁵“Because of the oppression of the poor,

Because of the groaning of the needy,

I will now rise up,

Says the Lord;

I will place him who is railed at

In safety.”

⁶The words of the Lord are pure words;

They are silver,

Refined in a crucible for the earth,

Purified seven times.

⁷You, O Lord, will guard them;

You will preserve him from this generation age-abidingly.

⁸All around, the wicked walk about,

Whilst the basest of the sons of Adam are exalted.