Psalm 12
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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.
Psalms 12
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Psalm 12
For the choir director; on the sheminith; a psalm by David.
1Help, O Lord.
No godly person is left.
Faithful people have vanished from among Adam’s descendants!
2All people speak foolishly.
They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
3May the Lord cut off every flattering lip
and every bragging tongue
4that has said,
“We will overcome with our tongues.
With lips such as ours, who can be our master?”
5“Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan,
I will now arise,” says the Lord.
“I will provide safety for those who long for it.”
6The promises of the Lord are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.
7O Lord, you will protect them.
You will keep each one safe from those people forever.
8Wicked people parade around
when immorality increases among Adam’s descendants.
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