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.
For the music director; #12:0 Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
1Help, Lord, for the godly person has come to an end,
For the faithful have disappeared from the sons of mankind.
2They speak #12:2 Lit worthless speechlies to one another;
They speak with #12:2 Lit a smooth lipflattering lips and a double heart.
3May the Lord cut off all #12:3 Lit a smooth lipflattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
4Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are #12:4 Lit with usour own; who is lord over us?”
5“Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will put him in the safety for which he longs.”
6¶The words of the Lord are pure words;
Like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, filtered seven times.
7You, Lord, will keep them;
You will protect him from this generation forever.
8The wicked strut about on every side
When #12:8 Or worthlessnessvileness is exalted among the sons of mankind.
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