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?
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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.
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The words of the Lord are pure words:
as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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THOU shalt keep them, O Lord,THOU shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.