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
12
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.#12:TITLE Hebrew according to the sheminith.
1Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing!
The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2Neighbors lie to each other,
speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3May the Lord cut off their flattering lips
and silence their boastful tongues.
4They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content.
Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do.”
6The Lord’s promises are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace,
purified seven times over.
7Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8even though the wicked strut about,
and evil is praised throughout the land.
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