Psalms 12

1 Help, Jehovah, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

For the end, A Psalm of David, upon the eighth. Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.

2 They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.

3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,

Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:

4 who have said, With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?

who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?

5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says Jehovah. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set [them] in safety; I will speak [to them] thereof openly.

6 The words of Jehovah are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.

The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved [in] a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Thou will keep them, O Jehovah. Thou will preserve them from this generation forever.

Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

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

The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.