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Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. |
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They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. |
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The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: |
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Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? |
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For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. |
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The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. |
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Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. |
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The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. |