1 For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
2 Help, HaShem; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
3 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
4 May HaShem cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!
5 Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
6 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith HaShem; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'
7 The words of HaShem are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
8 Thou wilt keep them, O HaShem; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
9 The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
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but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:
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