◄ Psalm 12 ►
JPS Tanakh 1917 1For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 2Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. 3They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. 4May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh proud things! 5Who have said: ‘Our tongue will we make mighty; Our lips are with us: who is lord over us?’ 6‘For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise’, saith the LORD; ‘I will set him in safety at whom they puff.’ 7The words of the LORD are pure words, As silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times. 8Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever. 9The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. JPS Tanakh 1917: THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT. A NEW TRANSLATION. Jewish Publication Society. 1917. Bible Hub