1 Help us, LORD! There is not a good man left; honest men can no longer be found. 

2 All of them lie to one another; they deceive each other with flattery. 

3 Silence those flattering tongues, O LORD! Close those boastful mouths that say, 

4 "With our words we get what we want. We will say what we wish, and no one can stop us." 

5 "But now I will come," says the LORD, "because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will give them the security they long for." 

6 The promises of the LORD can be trusted; they are as genuine as silver refined seven times in the furnace. 

7 -8 Wicked men are everywhere, and everyone praises what is evil. Keep us always safe, O LORD, and preserve us from such people.