1 To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
HELP, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 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.
6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

1To the chiefe Musician vpon Sheminith. A Psalme of Dauid. Helpe Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithfull faile from among the children of men.

2They speake vanitie euery one with his neighbour: with flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speake.

3The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.

4Who haue said, with our tongue wil we preuaile, our lips are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?

5For the oppression of the poore, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise (saith the Lord,) I will set him in safetie from him that puffeth at him.

6The wordes of the Lord are pure wordes: as siluer tried in a fornace of earth purified seuen times.

7Thou shalt keepe them, (O Lord,) thou shalt preserue them, from this generation for euer.

8The wicked walke on euery side, when the vilest men are exalted.

I == Isa 57:1 ; Mic 7:2

 

 

 

 

III == 1st Sam 2:3 ; Ps 17:10 ; Dan 7:8 , 25

 

V == Ex 3:7-8 ; Ps 10:5 ; Isa 33:10

 

VI == 2nd Sam 22:31 ; Ps 18:30 ; 19:8 ; Prov 30:5

 

1 For the leader; “upon the eighth.” A psalm of David.

2 Help, LORD, for no one loyal remains; the faithful have vanished from the children of men.

3They tell lies to one another, speak with deceiving lips and a double heart.

4 May the LORD cut off all deceiving lips, and every boastful tongue,

5 Those who say, “By our tongues we prevail; when our lips speak, who can lord it over us?”

6 “Because they rob the weak, and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will grant safety to whoever longs for it.”

7 The promises of the LORD are sure, silver refined in a crucible, silver purified seven times.

8 You, O LORD, protect us always; preserve us from this generation.

9 On every side the wicked roam; the shameless are extolled by the children of men.

v 1-4. David laments that people who are truly godly seem to have disappeared leaving only hypocrites, and he asks God to destroy them.

 

 

 

 

 

v 5. The Lord in some manner assured him that He would rise up and deliver the poor from their oppressors.

v 6-8. David had confidence that the Word of the Lord was totally true, and that God would preserve the needy from the wicked that surrounded them.