Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

English Standard Version

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.

 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile