7FOR [IS] RIGHTEOUS YAHWEH RIGHTEOUSNESS<ES> HE LOVES [THE] UPRIGHT THEY WILL SEE FACES THEIR 7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER ON THE SHEMINITH A PSALM OF DAVID The Godly Are No More 0For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith.*NoteCloseSheminith is probably a musical term; here and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 and Psalm 6:1. A Psalm of David.
1SAVE! O YAHWEH FOR HE HAS COME TO AN END [THE] FAITHFUL FOR THEY HAVE VANISHED FAITHFUL [PEOPLE] FROM [THE] CHILDREN OF HUMANKIND 1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
2FALSEHOOD THEY SPEAK EACH WITH NEIGHBOR HIS A LIP OF FLATTERI<ES> WITH A HEART AND A HEART THEY SPEAK 2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
3MAY HE CUT OFF YAHWEH ALL [THE] LIPS OF FLATTERI<ES> A TONGUE [WHICH] SPEAKS GREAT [THINGS] 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
4WHICH THEY SAY <TO> TONGUES OUR WE WILL MAKE STRONG LIPS OUR [ARE] WITH US WHO? [IS] MASTER OF US 4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips— who can be our master
5FROM [THE] DEVASTATION OF AFFLICTED [PEOPLE] FROM [THE] GROANING OF NEEDY [PEOPLE] NOW I WILL ARISE HE SAYS YAHWEH I WILL SET IN [THE] SAFETY [ONE WHO] HE PANTS FOR IT 5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
6[THE] WORDS OF YAHWEH [ARE] WORDS PURE SILVER REFINED IN A CRUCIBLE OF THE EARTH PURIFIED SEVENFOLD 6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.*NoteCloseProbable reading; MT like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified sevenfold
7YOU O YAHWEH YOU WILL KEEP THEM YOU WILL GUARD HIM FROM THE GENERATION THIS FOR EVER 7You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
8ALL AROUND WICKED [PEOPLE] THEY WALK ABOUT! WHEN IS EXALTED VILENESS BY [THE] CHILDREN OF HUMANKIND 8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.