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Psalm 12

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 For the leader. On sh'minit [low-pitched musical instruments?]. A psalm of David: Help, ADONAI! For no one godly is left; the faithful have vanished from humankind.

2 They all tell lies to each other, flattering with their lips, but speaking from divided hearts.

3 May ADONAI cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks so proudly,

4 those who say, "By our tongues, we will prevail; our lips are with us. Who can master us?"

5 "Because the poor are oppressed, because the needy are groaning, I will now rise up," says ADONAI, "and grant security to those whom they scorn."

6 The words of ADONAI are pure words, silver in a melting-pot set in the earth, refined and purified seven times over.

7 You, ADONAI, protect us; guard us forever from this generation

8 the wicked strut about everywhere when vileness is held in general esteem.

King James Version KJV

1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: 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.

6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.