Help me, O Lord, for there is no godly one left; *

for the faithful have vanished from among the children of men.

They speak falsely, every one with his neighbor; *

they flatter with their lips and deceive with a double heart.

The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips *

and the tongues that speak proud things,

Which have said, “With our tongue will we prevail; *

our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

“Now because of the trouble of the needy *

and because of the deep sighing of the poor,

I will rise up,” says the Lord, *

“and will give help to every one who longs for it.”

The words of the Lord are pure words, even as silver that is tried in the furnace *

and as gold that is purified seven times in the fire.

Preserve us, O Lord, and save us *

from this perverse and evil generation.

The ungodly walk on every side *

when wickedness is exalted among the children of men.

How long will you utterly forget me, O Lord? *

How long will you hide your face from me?

How long shall I seek counsel in my soul and be so vexed in my heart? *

How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; *

give light to my eyes, that I sleep not in death,

Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; *

for if I am cast down, those who trouble me will rejoice.

But my trust is in your mercy, *

and my heart is joyful in your salvation.

I will sing of the Lord, because he has dealt so lovingly with me; *

indeed, I will praise the Name of the Lord Most High.

The fool has said in his heart, *

“There is no God.”

They are corrupt and have become abominable in their doings; *

there is none that does good, no not one.

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, *

to see if there were any who would understand and seek after God.

But they have all gone astray; they have altogether become abominable; *

there is none that does good, no not one.

Have they no knowledge, all those workers of evil, *

who eat up my people as bread, and call not upon the Lord?

There were they brought into great fear, even where no fear was; *

for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Though you have made a mockery of the counsel of the poor, *

yet they put their trust in the Lord.

Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Zion? *

When the Lord restores his captive people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.