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 * , Lord; for the godly man ceaseth;
 * For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
 * They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:
 * With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
 * The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips,
 * And the tongue that speaketh proud things:
 * Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
 * Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
 * 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.
 * The words of the Lord are pure words:
 * As silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
 * Thou shalt keep them, O Lord,
 * Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
 * The wicked walk on every side,
 * When the vilest men are exalted.