Psalms 12

Edition: JPS Tanakh 1917 (YHWH)
Translator: The Jewish Publication Society, 1917 translation of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament only); the divine name is written YHWH.
Licence: Public domain; digital text CC0
Source: Open Siddur / JPS digital text (CC0)

1For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, YHWH; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

3May YHWH cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh proud things!

4Who have said: ‘Our tongue will we make mighty; Our lips are with us: who is lord over us?’

5‘For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise’, saith YHWH; ‘I will set him in safety at whom they puff.’

6The words of YHWH are pure words, As silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.

7Thou wilt keep them, O YHWH; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.

8The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

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