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Psalms 12

1 Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

1 Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

2 Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.

3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

3 May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—

4 those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?"

4 those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

5 "Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

5 “Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

6 The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

6 And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.

7 You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.

7 You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,

8 On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

8 who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.

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