Psalm 12 12 Psalms Book 1 unfoldingWord® Literal Text The Godly Are No More 1 ULT Help, Yahweh, for the faithful have come to an end; for the faithful have vanished from{ among} the sons of man. BSB BSB: 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.
2 ULT Man, they speak falsehood with his neighbor; they speak{ with} lip of smoothness, with a heart and a heart. BSB BSB: They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
3 ULT May Yahweh cut off all lips of smoothness, the tongue speaking great things, BSB BSB: May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
4 ULT which say,“With our tongue we will make strong. Our lips{ are} with us, who{ is} master over us?” BSB BSB: They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
5 ULT “Because of oppression of the poor, because of{ the} groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says Yahweh.“I will place in{ the} safety he pants for it.” BSB BSB: “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.”
6 ULT { The} words of Yahweh{ are} pure words, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven. BSB BSB: The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
7 ULT You Yahweh, you will keep them. You will protect him from this generation for eternity. BSB BSB: You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
8 ULT The wicked walk about on every side when vileness is high among the sons of man. BSB BSB: The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
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