Chapter 12
1 For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith.1 A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
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- Sheminith is probably a musical term; here and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 and Psalm 6:1.
2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
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3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
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4 They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
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5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
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6 The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.1
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- Probable reading; MT like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified sevenfold
7 You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
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8 The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
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