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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For the Music Director. According to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1Help, Lord, for the godly man comes to an end,
for the faithful disappear from sons of men.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 They speak empty words, each with his own neighbor;
they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 The Lord will cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that speaks proud things,
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 who have said, “With our tongue will we prevail;
our lips are in our control, who is master over us?”
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 “Because the poor are plundered,
because the needy sigh,
now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the safety for which he yearns.”
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 The words of the Lord are pure words;
they are silver tried in an earthen furnace
refined seven times.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 You will keep them, O Lord;
You will preserve them from this generation.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 The wicked walk on every side,
when the worthless of mankind are exalted.
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