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¹ Please help me, Lord!
    All who were faithful
    and all who were loyal
    have disappeared.
² Everyone tells lies,
    and no one is sincere.
³ Won't you chop off
all flattering tongues
    that brag so loudly?
⁴ They say to themselves,
"We are great speakers.
    No one else has a chance."

⁵ But you, Lord, tell them,
    "I will do something!
The poor are mistreated
and helpless people moan.
    I'll rescue all who suffer."

⁶ Our Lord, you are true
    to your promises,
and your word is like silver
    heated seven times
    in a fiery furnace.^[b]
7 You will protect us
    and always keep us safe
    from those people.
⁸ But all who are wicked
    will keep on strutting,
    while everyone praises
    their shameless deeds.^[c]