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Psalm 12 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

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To the Chief Musician; [fn]set an octave below. A Psalm of David.

Save and help and rescue, LORD, for godly people cease to be,

For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.

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They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;

With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

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May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,

The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];

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Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;

Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”

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“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,

Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

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The words and promises of the LORD are pure words,

Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.

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You, O LORD, will preserve and keep them;

You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.

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The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,

As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.

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Or possibly on the eight-stringed lyre; meaning uncertain.
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