Psalm 12
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1Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity. 1Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. 2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,3May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?"4They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
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."5The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
6The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.6The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
7You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever.7Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. 8even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.
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