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class="v19_12_3">3</span>Silence those flattering tongues, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_3">Close those boastful mouths that say,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_12_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.12.4" class="v19_12_4">4</span>“With our words we get what we want.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_4">We will say what we wish,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_4">and no one can stop us.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_12_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.12.5" class="v19_12_5">5</span>“But now I will come,” says the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_5">“because the needy are oppressed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_5">and the persecuted groan in pain.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_12_5">I will give them the security they long for.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_12_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.12.6" class="v19_12_6">6</span>The promises of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> can be trusted;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_6">they are as genuine as silver</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_6">refined seven times in the furnace.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_12_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.12.7-Ps.12.8" class="v19_12_7">7-8</span>The wicked are everywhere,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_7">and everyone praises what is evil.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_12_7">Keep us always safe, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_12_7">and preserve us from such people.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span 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