For the director of music. According to the eighth. A psalm of David.

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Everyone speaks falsehood to their neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Those who say, 'By our tongue we will 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.

Because of the oppression of the poor and the groaning of the needy, 'Now I will arise,' says the LORD; 'I will place them in the safety they long for.'

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in a crucible on the ground, purified seven times.

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

You, LORD, will keep them; you will protect them from this generation forever.

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

The wicked freely strut around when vileness is exalted among mankind.