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Psalm 12:3-5
Common English Bible

3 Let the Lord cut off all slick-talking lips
    and every tongue that brags and brags,
4     that says, “We’re unbeatable with our tongues!
    Who could get the best of us with lips like ours?”

5 But the Lord says,
    “Because the poor are oppressed,
    because of the groans of the needy,
    I’m now standing up.
    I will provide the help they are gasping for.”[a]

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  1. Psalm 12:5 Heb uncertain
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Psalm 12:3-5
New International Version

3 May the Lord silence all flattering lips(A)
    and every boastful tongue—(B)
4 those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(C)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

5 “Because the poor are plundered(D) and the needy groan,(E)
    I will now arise,(F)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(G) from those who malign them.”

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