Psalm 12
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1Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity. 1For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.
2Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. 2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
3The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?"4They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?"
5"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it."5"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the LORD. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."
6The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.6The LORD's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.
7You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever.7You, LORD, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,
8The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. 8for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.
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