| Psa. 12:1 |
Save, O Jehovah; for the faithful man is no more, / For the trustworthy have vanished from among the sons of men. |
| Psa. 12:2 |
Each man speaks falsehood with his neighbor; / With flattering lips and a double heart they speak. |
| Psa. 12:3 |
May Jehovah cut off all the flattering lips, / The tongue speaking great things, |
| Psa. 12:4 |
Those who said, With our tongue we will prevail; / Our lips are our own: Who is our lord? |
| Psa. 12:5 |
Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, / I will now arise, says Jehovah; / I will set him in the safety that he longs for. |
| Psa. 12:6 |
The words of Jehovah are pure words, / Silver refined in a furnace on the earth, / Purified seven times. |
| Psa. 12:7 |
You, O Jehovah, will keep them; / You will guard them from this generation forever. |
| Psa. 12:8 |
The wicked go about all around, / While vileness is exalted among the sons of men. |