Catholic Public Domain Version
"They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart. "
— Psalms 11:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
“If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do? ”
“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
“When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?””
“They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.”
“If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?”
“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Unto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David.
Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.
They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.
May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.
They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”
Because of the misery of the destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him.