Psalms 12:1
Help, Jehovah, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.
Psalms 12:2
They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Psalms 12:3
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,
Psalms 12:4
who have said, With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?
Psalms 12:5
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.
Psalms 12:6
The words of Jehovah are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.
Psalms 12:7
Thou will keep them, O Jehovah. Thou will preserve them from this generation forever.
Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.