Psalm 12, NEW INTERNATIONAL READER’S VERSION
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1

Help, Lord!  Those who do what is right are gone.
Those who are faithful have disappeared from the earth.
 

2

Everyone tells lies to his neighbours.
With his lips he praises others, but he doesn’t really mean it.
 

3

May the Lord cut off all lips that don’t mean what they say.
May he cut out every tongue that brags.
 

4

They say, “We will win the battle with our tongues.
Our lips belong to us.  No one else is in charge of us.”
 

5

The Lord says, “The weak are beaten down.
Those who are in need groan.
So I will stand up to help them.
I will keep them safe from those who tell lies about them.”
 

6

The words of the Lord are perfect.
They are like silver made pure in a clay furnace.
They are like silver made pure seven times over.
 

7

Lord, you will keep us safe.
You will always keep sinners from hurting us.
 

8

Proud and sinful people walk around openly
when the evil they do is praised by others.