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Psalms 12 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | <V 11:1>Unto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David. <V 11:2>Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men. | Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. | For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. | |
| 2 | <V 11:3>They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart. | Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. | Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts. | |
| 3 | <V 11:4>May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice. | May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, | May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue— | |
| 4 | <V 11:5>They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?” | those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?” | those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?” | |
| 5 | <V 11:6>Because of the misery of the destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him. | “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” | “Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.” | |
| 6 | <V 11:7>The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times. | The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. | And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times. | |
| 7 | <V 11:8>You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity. | You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. | You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked, | |
| 8 | <V 11:9>The impious wander aimlessly. According to your loftiness, you have multiplied the sons of men. | On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man. | who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race. | |
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