Which have said, [a]With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?

[b]Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighs of the poor, I will up, saith the Lord, and will [c]set at liberty him, whom the wicked hath [snared].

The words of the Lord are pure words, as the silver, tried in a furnace of earth, fined sevenfold.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:4 They think themselves able to persuade whatsoever they take in hand.
  2. Psalm 12:5 The Lord is moved with the complaints of his, and delivereth in the end from all dangers.
  3. Psalm 12:5 Because the Lord’s word and promise is true and unchangeable, he will perform it and preserve the poor from this wicked generation.

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