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Psalms 12
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For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.
1
[a]
[b]
Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2
Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
3
May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
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those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
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“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.”
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And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold
[c]
refined seven times.
7
You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
8
who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
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1.
Isaiah 57:1
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Micah 7:2
2.
Psalms 5:6
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Psalms 34:13
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Psalms 141:3
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Proverbs 6:19
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Proverbs 12:17
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Proverbs 13:3
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Isaiah 32:7
3.
Psalms 10:7
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Psalms 41:6
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Psalms 55:21
; S
Psalms 5:9
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Romans 16:18
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Proverbs 26:28
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Proverbs 28:23
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Psalms 73:9
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Daniel 7:8
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James 3:5
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Revelation 13:5
6.
Proverbs 18:21
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James 3:6
7.
Psalms 44:24
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Psalms 62:10
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Psalms 72:14
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Psalms 73:8
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Ecclesiastes 4:1
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
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Isaiah 3:15
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Isaiah 5:7
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Isaiah 30:12
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Isaiah 59:13
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Acts 7:34
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S
Psalms 6:6
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Psalms 3:7
10.
Psalms 10:18
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Psalms 34:6
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Psalms 35:10
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S
2 Samuel 22:31
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Psalms 18:30
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Proverbs 30:5
12.
S
Job 23:10
; S
Job 28:1
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Isaiah 48:10
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Zechariah 13:9
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Psalms 119:140
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Psalms 16:1
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Psalms 27:5
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Psalms 37:28
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John 17:12
16.
Psalms 55:10-11
Footnotes
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[a].
In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
[b].
Title: Probably a musical term
[c].
Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text "earth"
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