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Psalm 12 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:1 - To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp.[fn] A Psalm of David.

Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:3 - May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaks proud things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 - Who have said,
“With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own;
Who is lord over us?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 - The words of the LORD are pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - You shall keep them, O LORD,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:8 - The wicked prowl on every side,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
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Hebrew sheminith
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Psalm Chapter 12 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras