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Psalms 12
The Faithful Have Vanished
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.
1 Save, O Lord, for (a)the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone (b)utters lies to his neighbor;
with (c)flattering lips and (d)a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all (e)flattering lips,
the tongue that makes (f)great boasts,
4 those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?"
5 "Because (g)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
(h)I will now arise," says the Lord;
"I will place him in the (i)safety for which he longs."
6 (j)The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us[b] from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
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