12:1 For the leader. On sh’minit [low-pitched musical instruments?]. A psalm of David:
12:2 Help, Adonai! For no one godly is left; the faithful have vanished from humankind.
12:3 They all tell lies to each other, flattering with their lips, but speaking from divided hearts.
12:4 May Adonai cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks so proudly,
12:5 those who say, “By our tongues, we will prevail; our lips are with us. Who can master us?”
12:6 “Because the poor are oppressed, because the needy are groaning, I will now rise up,” says Adonai, “and grant security to those whom they scorn.”
12:7 The words of Adonai are pure words, silver in a melting-pot set in the earth, refined and purified seven times over.
12:8 You, Adonai, protect us; guard us forever from this generation —
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