Psalm 12 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

The Faithful Have Vanished

Psa 12:1To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[fn] A Psalm of David.
Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

Psa 12:2

Psa 12:2Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psa 12:3

Psa 12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,

Psa 12:4

Psa 12:4those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

Psa 12:5

Psa 12:5“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
I will now arise,” says the LORD;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psa 12:6

Psa 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.

Psa 12:7

Psa 12:7You, O LORD, will keep them;
you will guard us[fn] from this generation forever.

Psa 12:8

Psa 12:8On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

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ESV Footnotes

(12:1)

Probably a musical or liturgical term

(12:7)

Or guard him

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Psalm 12 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

The Faithful Have Vanished

ESV Footnotes

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