✎Economics

For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.

     1             Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;

         those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

     2             Everyone lies to their neighbor;

         they flatter with their lips

         but harbor deception in their hearts.

     3             May the Lord silence all flattering lips

         and every boastful tongue — ​

     4             those who say,

         “By our tongues we will prevail;

         our own lips will defend us — ​who is lord over us?”

     5             “Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,

         I will now arise,” says the Lord.

         “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

     6             And the words of the Lord are flawless,

         like silver purified in a crucible,

         like gold refined seven times.

     7             You, Lord, will keep the needy safe

         and will protect us forever from the wicked,

     8             who freely strut about

         when what is vile is honored by the human race.