the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Psalms 12
Psalm 12
Oppression by the Wicked
For the choir director: according to Sheminith.(a) A Davidic psalm.
1 Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.(b)
2 They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.(c)
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.(d)
4 They say, "Through our tongues we have power;[a]
our lips are our own—who can be our master?"(e)
5 "Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up," says the Lord.
"I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place."(f)
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace,
purified seven times.(g)
7 You, Lord, will guard us;[b]
You will protect us[c] from this generation forever.(h)
8 The wicked wander[d] everywhere,
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.(i)
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