Psalms 12

Psalm 12

1¶ Help, Lord ; for the merciful man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart.

3The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks proud things:

4Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the Lord ; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared.

6The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7Thou shalt keep them, O Lord , thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8The wicked press in on every side when the vilest men are exalted.

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