Tehillim (Psa) 12
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1For the leader. On sh’minit [low-pitched musical instruments?]. A psalm of David:
2Help, Adonai! For no one godly is left;
the faithful have vanished from humankind.
3They all tell lies to each other,
flattering with their lips, but speaking from divided hearts.
4May Adonai cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks so proudly,
5those who say, “By our tongues, we will prevail;
our lips are with us. Who can master us?”
6“Because the poor are oppressed,
because the needy are groaning,
I will now rise up,” says Adonai,
“and grant security to those whom they scorn.”
7The words of Adonai are pure words,
silver in a melting-pot set in the earth,
refined and purified seven times over.
8You, Adonai, protect us;
guard us forever from this generation —
9the wicked strut about everywhere
when vileness is held in general esteem.
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A Prayer for Help against the Wicked
To the chief Musician upon Shem´inith, A Psalm of David.
1Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth;
for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2They speak vanity every one with his neighbor:
with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5For 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.
6The words of the Lord are pure words:
as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7Thou shalt keep them, O Lord,
thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8The wicked walk on every side,
when the vilest men are exalted.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.