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| 1 To the Overseer, on the octave. A Psalm of David. |
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| Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men: |
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| 2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. |
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| 3 Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things, |
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| 4 Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us ' |
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| 5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it. |
Oppression of the poor – The whole present order of things shall be reversed, for the Lord shall espouse the cause of the poor and needy. R1896:5
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| 6 Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold. |
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| 7 Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age. |
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| 8 Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men! |
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