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Psalms 12

The Message Bible MSG

1 Quick, God, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, All the friends I depended on gone.

2 Everyone talks in lie language; Lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues.

3 Slice their lips off their faces! Pull The braggart tongues from their mouths!

4 I'm tired of hearing, "We can talk anyone into anything! Our lips manage the world."

5 Into the hovels of the poor, Into the dark streets where the homeless groan, God speaks: "I've had enough; I'm on my way To heal the ache in the heart of the wretched."

6 God's words are pure words, Pure silver words refined seven times In the fires of his word-kiln, Pure on earth as well as in heaven.

7 God, keep us safe from their lies, From the wicked who stalk us with lies,

8 From the wicked who collect honors For their wonderful lies.

New International Version NIV

1 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—

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

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