Who (A)have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are [a]our own; who is lord over us?”
“Because of the (B)devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now (C)I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will (D)put him in the safety for which he longs.”

The (E)words of the Lord are pure words;
Like silver (F)refined in a furnace on the ground, filtered seven times.

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  1. Psalm 12:4 Lit with us

those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(A)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

“Because the poor are plundered(B) and the needy groan,(C)
    I will now arise,(D)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(E) from those who malign them.”
And the words of the Lord are flawless,(F)
    like silver purified(G) in a crucible,(H)
    like gold[a] refined seven times.

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  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth