Psalmen 12

1. ¹Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2. ²Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
3. ³May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
4. ⁴Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"
5. ⁵"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
6. ⁶The words of Yahweh are flawless words, As silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
7. ⁷You will keep them, Yahweh, You will preserve them from this generation forever.
8. ⁸The wicked walk on every side, When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

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