Psalms 12
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?
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.
2How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?
2(12-3) They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
3How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3(12-4) May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!
4Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death:
4(12-5) Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
5Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:
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.'
6But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.
6(12-7) The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
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7(12-8) Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
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8(12-9) The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
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