3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, 
the tongue that makes great boasts,
 4those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, 
our lips are with us; who is our master?"
 
5"Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now arise," says Yahweh; 
"I will place him in the safety for which he longs."
 6The promises of Yahweh are promises that are pure, 
silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
 
7You, O Yahweh, protect us, 
you guard us ever from this generation.
 8On every side the wicked prowl, 
as vileness is exalted among the sons of men. 
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