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Psalm 12:4-6
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4 They say, “Our tongues will ·help us win [prevail].
    ·We can say what we wish [L Our lips belong to us]; ·no one [L who…?] is our master.”

5 But the Lord says,
    “I will now rise up,
    because the ·poor [weak] are ·being hurt [destroyed; plundered; oppressed].
Because of the ·moans [groans; sighs] of the ·helpless [needy],
    I will give them the ·help [victory] they ·want [long for].”
6 The Lord’s ·words [or promises] are ·pure [flawless],
    like silver ·purified [refined] ·by fire [or in a furnace],
·purified [refined] seven times over [18:30; 119:140].

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Psalm 12:4-6
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4 those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(A)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

5 “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.”
6 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
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