Psalm 12Psalms12

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. The Godly Are No More

2. 1BSBFor the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.KJVKJV: To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
3. 2BSBThey lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.KJVKJV: They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
4. 3BSBMay the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.KJVKJV: The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
5. 4BSBThey say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”KJVKJV: Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
6. 5BSB“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”KJVKJV: For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
7. 6BSBThe words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.KJVKJV: The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
8. 7BSBYou, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.KJVKJV: Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
9. 8BSBThe wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.KJVKJV: The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.