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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Psalms 12
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PSALM 12
God, a Helper against the Treacherous.
To the Chief Musician; #Or possibly on the eight-stringed lyre; meaning uncertain.set an octave below. A Psalm of David.
1Save and help and rescue, Lord, for godly people cease to be,
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.
2They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
4Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”
5“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
6The words and promises of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
7You, O Lord, will preserve and keep them;
You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.
8The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
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