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Psalm 12 · Book One · David

For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

The Hebrew title · Berean Standard Bible

For the choirmaster

About this psalm

A short psalm about a world gone false: Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Against all that talk one line stands — The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. It ends without resolution. The vilest men are still exalted.

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¹Help, LORD;for the godly man ceaseth;for the faithful fail from among the children of men.²They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.³The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:⁴Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;our lips are our own:who is lord over us?⁵For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD;I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.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 walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

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