Psalm 12, NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION
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1

Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.
 

2

They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
 

3

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
 

4

those who say, “With our tongues we will prevail; our lips are our own — who is our master?”
 

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.”
 

6

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
 

7

You, O Lord, will protect us; you will guard us from this generation forever.
 

8

On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among humankind.