Psalm 12

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.#12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.

1Save, O Lord, for #Isa. 57:1; Mic. 7:2the godly one is gone;

for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

2Everyone #Ps. 41:6; 144:8 utters lies to his neighbor;

with #Ps. 5:9; Jer. 9:8; Rom. 16:18 flattering lips and #1 Chr. 12:33; James 1:8a double heart they speak.

3May the Lord cut off all #[See ver. 2 above] flattering lips,

the tongue that makes #Dan. 7:8; Rev. 13:5; [Ps. 17:10]great boasts,

4those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,

our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

5“Because #Ps. 9:12 the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,

# Isa. 33:10; [Ps. 82:8] I will now arise,” says the Lord;

“I will place him in the #See Ps. 55:18safety for which he longs.”

6 # Ps. 18:30; 119:140; Prov. 30:5; [Ps. 19:8] The words of the Lord are pure words,

like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,

purified seven times.

7You, O Lord, will keep them;

you will guard us#12:7 Or guard him from this generation forever.

8On every side the wicked prowl,

as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

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