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Loyal Person 2 Faithfulness (Truth) 2 Pure 2 Save (Help) Salvation Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Deliverance) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) Faithful Steadiness (Quality) Faithfulness (Trust) Pure (State) Purity (Ceremonial) Pure (No Defect) Purification To Purify Purity Pure (Sincere) Pure (Genuine) Purge Out Pure (No Evil)

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The Godly Are No More

For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

ⓘ Evil becomes so pervasive that the godly pray...

Evil becomes so pervasive that the godly pray for rescue (Isa 57:1; Mic 7:2; cp. Pss 1:6; 37:20; 58:7; 104:35).
ⓘ This community lament seeks the Lord’s help against...

This community lament seeks the Lord’s help against the prevalence of evil. Because of the Lord’s answer, the godly can face the future knowing that God protects them.
1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more;the faithful have vanished from among men.2They lie to one another;they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.3May the LORD cut off all flattering lipsand every boastful tongue.4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail.We own our lips—who can be our master?”
5“For the cause of the oppressedand for the groaning of the needy,I will now arise,” says the LORD.“I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
6The words of the LORD are flawless,like silver refined in a furnace,like gold purified sevenfold.†
ⓘ The godly know that the Lord cares, even...

The godly know that the Lord cares, even though the wicked continue to oppress them. The Lord sees the corrupt and foolish people who praise evildoers (see 9:19–20; 14:2–6).
7You, O LORD, will keep us;You will forever guard us from this generation.8The wicked wander freely,and vileness is exalted among men.