Book One (Psalms 1-41) "Concerning Man"

A Psalm of David.


1:   Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2:   They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3:   The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4:   Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5:   For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD;

I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

6:   The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7:   Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8:   The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.


To the chief Musician.


3. the tongue that speaketh proud things: Quoted in Jas 3:5.

subtitle To the chief Musician. See The Companion Bible, Appendix 64.