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A Psalm of David.</p><p class="psstart"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Help<MH3467>, LORD<MH3068>, for the godly<MH2623> person<MH2623> has come<MH1584> to<MH1584> an<MH1584> end<MH1584>, <t><p class="indent1">For the faithful<MH539> have disappeared<MH6461> from the sons<MH1121> of mankind<MH120>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They speak<MH1696> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>lies<MH7723> to one<MH376> another<MH7453>; <t><p class="indent1">They speak<MH1696> with <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>flattering<MH2513b> lips<MH8193> and a double<MH3820> heart<MH3820>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>May the LORD<MH3068> cut<MH3772> off<MH3772> all<MH3605> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>flattering<MH2513b> lips<MH8193>, <t><p class="indent1">The tongue<MH3956> that speaks<MH1696> great<MH1419> things<MH1419>; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who<MH834> have said<MH559>, “With our tongue<MH3956> we will prevail<MH1396>; <t><p class="indent1">Our lips<MH8193> are <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>our own; who<MH4310> is lord<MH113> over us?” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Because<MH4480> of the devastation<MH7701> of the poor<MH6041>, because<MH4480> of the groaning<MH603> of the needy<MH34>, <t><p class="indent1">Now<MH6258> I will arise<MH6965>,” says<MH559> the LORD<MH3068>; “I will put<MH7896> him in the safety<MH3468> for which he longs<MH6315>.” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The words<MH565a> of the LORD<MH3068> are pure<MH2889> words<MH565a>; <t><p class="indent1">Like silver<MH3701> refined<MH6884> in a furnace<MH5948> on the ground<MH776>, filtered<MH2212> seven<MH7659> times<MH7659>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You, LORD<MH3068>, will keep<MH8104> them; <t><p class="indent1">You will protect<MH5341> him from this<MH2098> generation<MH1755> forever<MH5769>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The wicked<MH7563> strut<MH1980> about<MH1980> on every<MH5439> side<MH5439> <t><p class="indent1">When <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>vileness<MH2149> is exalted<MH7311> among the sons<MH1121> of mankind<MH120>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse"><FNC>PSALM 12<FNV>Title</span> Or <i>according to a lower octave</i> (Heb <i>Sheminith</i>)<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>worthless</i> speech<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>a smooth lip</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>a smooth lip</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>with us</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>worthlessness</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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