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.

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

“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.”
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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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth