1   
Help us, Lord!
  There is not a good man left;
  honest men 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 oppressed
  and 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 silver
  refined seven times in the furnace.

7    8   
Wicked men are everywhere,
  and everyone praises what is evil.
Keep us always safe, O Lord,
  and preserve us from such people.

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