1Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts,
4who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own.
Who is lord over us?”
5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise,” says Yahweh;
“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
6Yahweh’s words are flawless words,
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
7You will keep them, Yahweh.
You will preserve them from this generation forever.
8The wicked walk on every side,
when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
1How long, Yahweh?
Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
having sorrow in my heart every day?
How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
3Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God.
Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”;
Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
5But I trust in your loving kindness.
My heart rejoices in your salvation.
6I will sing to Yahweh,
because he has been good to me.
1The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt.
They have done abominable deeds.
There is no one who does good.
2Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men,
to see if there were any who understood,
who sought after God.
3They have all gone aside.
They have together become corrupt.
There is no one who does good, no, not one.
4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and don’t call on Yahweh?
5There they were in great fear,
for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6You frustrate the plan of the poor,
because Yahweh is his refuge.
7Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people,
then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.