Oppression by the Wicked
For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A psalm of David.
1 Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.
2 They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
4 They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
4 They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”
5 “Because of the devastation of the needy
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace,
purified seven times.
7 You, Lord, will guard us;
you will protect us from this generation forever.
8 The wicked prowl all around,
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.
Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
Meaning of Sheminith
from Holman Bible Dictionary (via studylight.org):
"Musical direction meaning, “the eighth” used in titles of Psalm 6:1; Psalm 12:1 and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 . It may mean on an eight-stringed instrument; on the eighth string of an instrument; on a deeper octave than the Alamoth (1 Chronicles 15:20 ); for the eighth and concluding rite of the fall new year festival; or refer to the tuning of the instrument or the scale of the melody."
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