Psalm 12New King James Version
Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy
To the Chief Musician.(A)On[a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.
12 Help,[b]Lord, for the godly man(B)ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 (C)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
Withflattering lipsand[c]a double heart they speak.
3 May theLord[d]cut off all flattering lips,
Andthe tongue that speaks[e]proud things,
4 Who have said,
“With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lipsareour own;
Whoislord over us?”
5 “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says theLord;
“I will sethimin the safety for which he yearns.”
6 The words of theLordare(D)pure words,
Likesilver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.
7 You shall keep them, OLord,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
8 The wicked prowl on every side,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:1Heb.sheminith
- Psalm 12:1Save
- Psalm 12:2An inconsistent mind
- Psalm 12:3destroy
- Psalm 12:3great
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