Psalms 12
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PSALM 12
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith,
A Psalm of David.
1Help, Lord, because the godly man
doth daily fade away;
And from among the sons of men
the faithful do decay.
2Unto his neighbour ev'ry one
doth utter vanity:
They with a double heart do speak,
and lips of flattery.
3God shall cut off all flatt'ring lips,
tongues that speak proudly thus,
4We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips
are ours: who's lord o'er us?
5For poor oppress'd,
and for the sighs of needy, rise will
I, Saith God, and him in safety set
from such as him defy.
6The words of God are words most pure;
they be like silver try'd
In earthen furnace, seven times
that hath been purify'd.
7Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep
for ever from this race.
8On each side walk the wicked, when
vile men are high in place.
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Tehillim (Psa) 12
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1For the leader. On sh’minit [low-pitched musical instruments?]. A psalm of David:
2Help, Adonai! For no one godly is left;
the faithful have vanished from humankind.
3They all tell lies to each other,
flattering with their lips, but speaking from divided hearts.
4May Adonai cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks so proudly,
5those who say, “By our tongues, we will prevail;
our lips are with us. Who can master us?”
6“Because the poor are oppressed,
because the needy are groaning,
I will now rise up,” says Adonai,
“and grant security to those whom they scorn.”
7The words of Adonai are pure words,
silver in a melting-pot set in the earth,
refined and purified seven times over.
8You, Adonai, protect us;
guard us forever from this generation —
9the wicked strut about everywhere
when vileness is held in general esteem.
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