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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Silence the Flattering Lips
1For the music director, on the eight-string lyre, a psalm of David.
2Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.
3Everyone tells a lie to his neighbor, talking with flattering lips and a divided heart.
4May Adonai cut off all flattering lips— a tongue bragging big things.
5They say: “With our tongue we’ll prevail. We own our lips—who can master us?”
6“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, now will I arise,” says Adonai. “I will put him in the safe place— he pants for it.”
7The words of Adonai are pure words— like silver refined in an earthly crucible, purified seven times.
8You will keep us safe, Adonai. You will protect us from this generation forever.
9The wicked strut all around, while vileness is exalted by mankind.
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