Psalms
Chapter 12Berean Standard Bible
King James Version
1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips - who can be our master?”
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
For 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 flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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