1 Help, O Lord.

No godly person is left.

Faithful people have vanished from among Adam’s descendants!

2 All people speak foolishly.

They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.

3 May the Lord cut off every flattering lip

and every bragging tongue

4 that has said,

“We will overcome with our tongues.

With lips such as ours, who can be our master?”

5 “Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan,

I will now arise,” says the Lord.

“I will provide safety for those who long for it.”

6 The promises of the Lord are pure,

like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.

7 O Lord, you will protect them.

You will keep each one safe from those people forever.

8 Wicked people parade around

when immorality increases among Adam’s descendants.