| Chapter 12 |
1 | For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. |
2 | They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. |
3 | Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things; |
4 | Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us? |
5 | Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for. |
6 | The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times. |
7 | Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever. |
8 | The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. |