Psalms 12
12
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 12
12
(For the one directing. According to the Sheminit. Mizmor Dovid)
1Help, Hashem; for the chasid is no more; for the emunim (faithful ones) vanish from among Bnei Adam.
2 They speak vanity every one with his re'a (neighbor); with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 Hashem shall cut off all flattering lips, and the leshon that speaketh gedolot;
4 Who have said, With leshoneinu (our tongue) will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is Adon over us?
5 For the oppression of the aniyim, for the groaning of the needy, now will I arise, saith Hashem; I will set him in safety from him that sneers at him.
6 The words of Hashem are amarot tehorot (pure words); as kesef refined in the furnace on the earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt be shomer over them, Hashem, Thou shalt preserve him#12:7 See Ps 12:5 [6] from this generation forever.
8 The resha'im strut on every side, when the vilest among the Bnei Adam are exalted.
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