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May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that (A)speaks great things;
Who (B)have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are [a]our own; who is lord over us?”
“Because of the (C)devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now (D)I will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will (E)set him in the [b]safety for which he [c]longs.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:4 Lit with us
  2. Psalm 12:5 Or salvation, cf. 12:1
  3. Psalm 12:5 Lit breathes

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

“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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