Psalms 12
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
1(12-1) For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. (12-2) Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
2(12-3) They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
3(12-4) May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!
4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
4(12-5) Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
5(12-6) 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'
6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
6(12-7) The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
7You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
7(12-8) Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
8(12-9) The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
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