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Psalms 12

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1 To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David. Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
1 Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 They speak idly everyone with 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, And the tongue that speaks proud things,
3 May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
4 Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?"
4 those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
5 "For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise," says the Lord; "I will set him in the safety for which he yearns."
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 tried in a furnace of earth, 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 shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
7 You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
8 The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
8 who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
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