Psalm 12:4-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ which says, “With our tongues we will establish our power.
We say what we please.^[a] Who is lord over us?”

⁵ “Because of the destruction of the oppressed,
because of the groaning of the poor,
now I will rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will keep him safe from the one who puffs against him.”^[b]
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.