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Psalm 12
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Psalm 12

For the music leader. According to the Sheminith.[a] A psalm of David.

12 Help, Lord, because the godly are all gone;
    the faithful have completely disappeared
    from the human race!
2 Everyone tells lies to everyone else;
    they talk with slick speech and divided hearts.
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.”[b]
6 The Lord’s promises are pure,
    like silver that’s been refined in an oven,
    purified seven times over!

7 You, Lord, will keep us,[c]
    protecting us from this generation forever.
8 The wicked roam all over the place,
    while depravity is praised by human beings.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 Perhaps a reference to an eight-string instrument; also in Ps 6
  2. Psalm 12:5 Heb uncertain
  3. Psalm 12:7 LXX; MT keep them
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Psalm 12
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Psalm 12[a]

For the director of music. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

1 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(A)
    those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 Everyone lies(B) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(C)

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

5 “Because the poor are plundered(G) and the needy groan,(H)
    I will now arise,(I)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(J) from those who malign them.”
6 And the words of the Lord are flawless,(K)
    like silver purified(L) in a crucible,(M)
    like gold[c] refined seven times.

7 You, Lord, will keep the needy safe(N)
    and will protect us forever from the wicked,(O)
8 who freely strut(P) about
    when what is vile is honored by the human race.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
  2. Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term
  3. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth
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