Psalm 12

TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON SHEMINITH, A PSALM OF DAVID.

1 Help, LORD;

for the godly man ceaseth;

for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:

with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;

our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD;

I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

6 The words of the LORD are pure words:

as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

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