12:1 For the choir director. According to sheminith. A psalm by David. Save us, Lord, for the merciful have disappeared. The faithful have vanished from among mankind.
12:2 Everyone speaks falsehood to his neighbor. Their flattering lips speak double-talk.
12:3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips. May he cut off every tongue that speaks boastfully,
12:4 which says, “With our tongues we will establish our power. We say what we please. Who is lord over us?”
12:5 “Because of the destruction of the oppressed, because of the groaning of the poor, now I will rise up,” says the Lord. “I will keep him safe from the one who puffs against him.”
12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
12:7 You, Lord, will keep them safe. You will protect them from such people forever.
12:8 The wicked strut around when depravity is honored by the children of Adam.
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