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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Psalms 12
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PSALM 12
To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men. 2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak. 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, 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? 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. 6The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.