Psalm 12 12 Psalms Book 1 Wycliffe Bible (c. 1395) 1 WYC The title of the eleuenthe salm. To the victorie on the eiyte, the song of Dauid. Lord, make thou me saaf, for the hooli failide; for treuthis ben maad litle fro the sones of men. 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 WYC Thei spaken veyn thingis, ech man to hys neiybore; thei han gileful lippis, thei spaken in herte and herte. BSB BSB: They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
3 WYC The Lord destrie alle gileful lippis; and the greet spekynge tunge. BSB BSB: May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
4 WYC Whiche seiden, We schulen magnyfie oure tunge, our lippis ben of vs; who is oure lord? BSB BSB: They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
5 WYC For the wretchednesse of nedy men, and for the weilyng of pore men; now Y schal ryse vp, seith the Lord. I schal sette inhelt he; Y schal do tristili in hym. 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 WYC The spechis of the Lord ben chast spechis; siluer examynyd bi fier, preued fro erthe, purgid seuen fold. BSB BSB: The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
7 WYC Thou, Lord, schalt kepe vs; and thou `schalt kepe vs fro this generacioun with outen ende. BSB BSB: You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
8 WYC Wickid men goen in cumpas; bi thin hiynesse thou hast multiplied the sones of men. BSB BSB: The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
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