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Psalms 12:4-5

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4 Who have said, With our tongue will we 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 will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
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.”
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