Psalm 12
A Prayer for Help
against the Wicked |
| To the chief Musician upon
Shem'inith, A Psalm of
David. |
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Help, LORD; for the
godly man ceaseth;
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| for the faithful fail from among the children of
men. |
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| 2 |
They speak vanity every one with his
neighbor:
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| with flattering lips and with a double
heart do they speak.
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| 3 |
The LORD shall cut
off all flattering lips,
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| and the tongue that speaketh proud
things: |
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who have said, With our tongue will we
prevail;
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| our lips are our own: who is lord over
us?
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| 5 |
For the oppression of the poor, for the
sighing of the needy,
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| now will I arise, saith the LORD; |
| I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at
him. |
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| 6 |
The words of the LORD are pure words:
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| as silver tried in a furnace of earth,
purified seven times.
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| 7 |
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD,
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| thou shalt preserve them from this generation for
ever. |
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| 8 |
The wicked walk on every side,
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| when the vilest men are
exalted. |
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