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
For the music leader. According to the Sheminith.#12.0 Perhaps a reference to an eight-string instrument; also in Ps 6 A psalm of David.
1Help, LORD, because the godly are all gone;
the faithful have completely disappeared
from the human race!
2Everyone tells lies to everyone else;
they talk with slick speech and divided hearts.
3Let the LORD cut off all slick-talking lips
and every tongue that brags and brags,
4that says, “We’re unbeatable with our tongues!
Who could get the best of us with lips like ours?”
5But the LORD says,
“Because the poor are oppressed,
because of the groans of the needy,
I’m now standing up.
I will provide the help they are gasping for.”#12.5 Heb uncertain
6The LORD’s promises are pure,
like silver that’s been refined in an oven,
purified seven times over!
7You, LORD, will keep us,#12.7 LXX; MT keep them
protecting us from this generation forever.
8The wicked roam all over the place,
while depravity is praised by human beings.
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