New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 12

God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

For the choir director; Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

1Help, Lord, for 1the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.2They 2speak 3falsehood to one another; With 4flattering 5lips and with a double heart they speak.3May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that 6speaks great things;4Who 7have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are 8our own; who is lord over us?”5“Because of the 9devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now 10I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will 11set him in the safety for which he longs.”

6The 12words of the Lord are pure words; As silver 13tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.7You, O Lord, will keep them; You will 14preserve him from this generation forever.8The 15wicked strut about on every side When 16 17vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Notes

1. Psalms 12:1 Is 57:1; Mic 7:2 ↩
2. Psalms 12:2 Ps 10:7; 41:6 ↩
3. Psalms 12:2 Or emptiness ↩
4. Psalms 12:2 Ps 28:3; 55:21; Jer 9:8; Rom 16:18 ↩
5. Psalms 12:2 Lit lip ↩
6. Psalms 12:3 Dan 7:8; Rev 13:5 ↩
7. Psalms 12:4 Ps 73:8, 9 ↩
8. Psalms 12:4 Lit with us ↩
9. Psalms 12:5 Ps 9:9; 10:18 ↩
10. Psalms 12:5 Is 33:10 ↩
11. Psalms 12:5 Ps 34:6; 35:10 ↩
12. Psalms 12:6 2 Sam 22:31; Ps 18:30; 19:8, 10; 119:140 ↩
13. Psalms 12:6 Prov 30:5 ↩
14. Psalms 12:7 Ps 37:28; 97:10 ↩
15. Psalms 12:8 Ps 55:10, 11 ↩
16. Psalms 12:8 Or worthlessness ↩
17. Psalms 12:8 Is 32:5 ↩

God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

For the choir director; Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

Notes

Commentaries on Psalms 12