Psalm 12
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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, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.
2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.2Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;3The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,
4Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"4those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over 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."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."
6The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.6The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.
7You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever.7You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever.
8The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.8The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings.
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