Psalms Chapter 12 (New International Version)

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Passage:

Verses 1-8 - For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.

Verses:

1. Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

2. Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.

3. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue

4. that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips --who is our master?"

5. "Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."

6. And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.

7. O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.

8. The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

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