Psalms 12
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For the leader; on the sheminith. A psalm of David.
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Help, Lord, for the good are all gone, faithful people have vanished.
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One lies to another, speaking empty lies, with flattering lips and false hearts they speak.
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May the Lord cut off all the flattering lips, and the tongue that utters arrogance,
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they declare, “Our tongue is our strength, our allies our lips: who is lord over us?”
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“The poor are despoiled, and the needy are sighing; so now I will act,” the Lord declares “And place them in the safety they long for.”
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The words of the Lord are words that are pure, silver smelted, seven times refined.
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You will keep us, Lord, and guard us from this generation forever,
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in a world where the wicked prowl, and the worthless are exalted.
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