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Psalms 12

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¹ For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[21] Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!

² Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.

³ May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.

⁴ They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”

⁵ The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”

⁶ The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.

⁷ Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,

⁸ even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.

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1	For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[21] Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2	Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3	May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
4	They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5	The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
6	The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
7	Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8	even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.

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