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For the conductor on the sheminith, a song of David.
2.
Save, O Lord, for the pious are gone, for the faithful have vanished from the sons of men.
3.
One speaks to another with falseness, smooth talk; they speak with a double heart.
4.
May the Lord cut off all smooth lips, the tongue that speaks great things.
5.
Who said, "With our tongue we will overpower; our lips are with us. Who is lord over us?"
6.
Because of the plunder of the poor, because of the cry of the needy, Now I will rise, the Lord shall say; I will grant them salvation, He shall speak concerning them.
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The sayings of the Lord are pure sayings, like silver refined, exposed to the earth, clarified sevenfold.
8.
You, O Lord, shall guard them; You shall guard him from this generation forever.
9.
Wicked men walk on all sides when the [one who appears] basest to the sons of men is elevated.
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