Psalm 12

Psalm 12:1[1] Help, Yahveh, because there is no faithful one left; the loyal ones have vanished from the children of Adam.

Psalm 12:2 They say trivial things[2]  to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

Psalm 12:3 May Yahveh cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that only says great things.

Psalm 12:4 They say, “Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own – who can be our master? “

Psalm 12:5 “Because of the disaster of the needy and the groaning of the poor, I will now rise,” says Yahveh. “I will provide rescue[3] for the one who longs for it.”

Psalm 12:6 The words of Yahveh are pure words, like silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

Psalm 12:7 You, Yahveh, will guard us; you will protect us from this generation permanently.

Psalm 12:8 The wicked ones keep walking all around when the children of Adam still promote vileness.[4]

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[1]superscription: A Psalm of David.

[2]שָׁוְא = trivial. Psalm 12:2; 24:4; 26:4; 31:6; 41:6.

[3]יֵ֫שַׁע = rescue. Psalm 12:5; 18:2, 35, 46; 20:6; 24:5; 25:5; 27:1, 9.

[4]subscription: For the choir director.

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