Psalm 12 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

Psa 12:1For the choir director; [fn]upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

Psa 12:2

Psa 12:2They speak [fn]falsehood to one another;
With flattering [fn]lips and with a double heart they speak.

Psa 12:3

Psa 12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;

Psa 12:4

Psa 12:4Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are [fn]our own; who is lord over us?”

Psa 12:5

Psa 12:5“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psa 12:6

Psa 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.

Psa 12:7

Psa 12:7You, O LORD, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.

Psa 12:8

Psa 12:8The wicked strut about on every side
When [fn]vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(12:1)

Or, according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)

Or, emptiness

Literally: lip

Literally: with us

Or, worthlessness

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