12 Lord! Help! Godly men are fast disappearing. Where in all the world can dependable men be found? 2 Everyone deceives and flatters and lies. There is no sincerity left.
3-4 But the Lord will not deal gently with people who act like that; he will destroy those proud liars who say, We will lie to our hearts content. Our lips are our own; who can stop us?
5 The Lord replies, I will arise and defend the oppressed, the poor, the needy. I will rescue them as they have longed for me to do. 6 The Lords promise is sure. He speaks no careless word; all he says is purest truth, like silver seven times refined. 7 O Lord, we know that you will forever preserve your own from the reach of evil men, 8 although they prowl on every side and vileness is praised throughout the land.
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3-4 But the Lord will not deal gently with people who act like that; he will destroy those proud liars who say, We will lie to our hearts content. Our lips are our own; who can stop us?
5 The Lord replies, I will arise and defend the oppressed, the poor, the needy. I will rescue them as they have longed for me to do. 6 The Lords promise is sure. He speaks no careless word; all he says is purest truth, like silver seven times refined. 7 O Lord, we know that you will forever preserve your own from the reach of evil men, 8 although they prowl on every side and vileness is praised throughout the land.
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