Psalm 12
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New American Standard Bible 1995New Living Translation
1For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.1Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;3May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
4Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"4They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."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 words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.6The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
7You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever.7Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.8even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.
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Psalm 11
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