Psalm 12

¹  Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
    For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
² Everyone lies to his neighbor.
    They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
³ May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
    and the tongue that boasts,
⁴ who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail.
    Our lips are our own.
    Who is lord over us?”
⁵ “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,
    I will now arise,” says Yahweh;
“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
⁶ Yahweh’s words are flawless words,
    as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
⁷ You will keep them, Yahweh.
    You will preserve them from this generation forever.
⁸ The wicked walk on every side,
    when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

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