The pious are no more
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Yahweh, help us! It seems like people who honor you are no more, that those who are loyal to you have all vanished.
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Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by flattering them, but they tell lies.
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Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
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They say, “By telling lies we will get what we want; we control what we say, so no one can tell us what we should do!”
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But Yahweh replies, “I have seen the violent things that they have done to helpless people; I have heard those people groaning, so I will arise and rescue the people who are wanting me to help them.”
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Yahweh, you always do what you have promised to do; what you have promised is as precious and pure as silver that has been heated seven times in a furnace to get rid of all the impure material.
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Yahweh, we know that you will protect us who honor you from those wicked people,
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those who strut around proudly, while people praise them for doing evil deeds.
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