Psalm 1212PsalmsBook 1Catholic Public Domain Version

Catholic Public Domain VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. The Godly Are No More

2. 1CPDVUnto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David. Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.BSBBSB: For 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.
3. 2CPDVThey have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.BSBBSB: They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
4. 3CPDVMay the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.BSBBSB: May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
5. 4CPDVThey have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”BSBBSB: They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
6. 5CPDVBecause 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.BSBBSB: “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.”
7. 6CPDVThe eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.BSBBSB: The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
8. 7CPDVYou, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.BSBBSB: You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
9. 8CPDVThe impious wander aimlessly. According to your loftiness, you have multiplied the sons of men.BSBBSB: The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.

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