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God a helper against the treacherous.

For the Chief Musician; set to [a]the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

12 Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth;
For [b]the faithful fail from among the children of men.
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor:
With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaketh great things;
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
Our lips are [c]our own: who is lord over us?
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,
Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;
I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
The words of Jehovah are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth,
Purified seven times.
Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah,
Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
The wicked walk on every side,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 Or, the eighth
  2. Psalm 12:1 Or, faithfulness faileth
  3. Psalm 12:4 Hebrew with us.