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Psalms 12

1. 1

   For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2. 2

   Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

3. 3

   May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

4. 4

   who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

5. 5

   “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

6. 6

   The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

7. 7

   You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

8. 8

   The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

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