Save O Jehovah now because

Verse 1

Save O Jehovah now because The godly one doth cease; For from among the sons of men The faithful do decrease.

Verse 2

Unto his neighbor every one Speaks lying vanities: They with a flattering lip do speak: With double heart likewise.

Verse 3

Jehovah shall cut off e'en all The lips of flatterings, And he shall cut off every tongue Which boasteth of great things.

Verse 4

Which thus have said, we with our tongues Prevailing power shall get, Are not our lips our own? for who Lord over us is set?

Verse 5

Thus saith the Lord, for sighs of them That want, for poor oppressed, I now will rise, from such as puff At him, will give him rest.

Verse 6

Jehovah's words, pure words they be As silver that is tried In earthen furnace, seven times That hath been purified.

Verse 7

Thou shalt them keep, O Lord thou shalt Preserve them every one, For evermore in safety from This generation.

Verse 8

The wicked men on every side Do walk presumptuously, When vileness by the sons of men Exalted is on high.