Psalm 12
The Scriptures (ISR 1998)

1Save, יהוה, for the kind one is no more! For the trustworthy have ceased from among the sons of men.

2They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.

3יהוה does cut off all flattering lips, A tongue that speaks swelling words,

4Who have said, “With our tongue we do mightily; Our lips are our own; Who is master over us?”

5“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, I now arise,” says יהוה, “I set in safety – he pants for it.”

6The Words of יהוה are clean Words, Silver tried in a furnace of earth, Refined seven timesa.

7You guard them, O יהוה, You preserve them from this generation forever.

8The wrong walk around on every side, When worthlessness is exalted among the sons of men.

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