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Psalm 12
1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from
among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering
lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is lord over us?
5 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 from him that puffeth at
him.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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