12:1 To the leader: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.
12:2 They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
12:3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
12:4 those who say, ‘With our tongues we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is our master?’
12:5 ‘Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now rise up,’ says the Lord; ‘I will place them in the safety for which they long.’
12:6 The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
12:7 You, O Lord, will protect us; you will guard us from this generation for ever.
12:8 On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among humankind.
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