King James Version

Psalms 12

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.122They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.33The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:44Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?55For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.66The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.78The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.8

Notes

  1. 12:1upon…: or, upon the eighth↑
  2. 12:1Help: or, Save↑
  3. 12:2a double…: Heb. an heart and an heart↑
  4. 12:3proud: Heb. great↑
  5. 12:4are…: Heb. are with us↑
  6. 12:5puffeth…: or, would ensnare him↑
  7. 12:7them from: Heb. him, etc: that is, every one of them, etc↑
  8. 12:8men: Heb. of the sons of the men↑