New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 12:1-6

1 1Help, Lord, for 2the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.2They 3speak 4falsehood to one another; With 5flattering 6lips and with a double heart they speak.3May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that 7speaks great things;4Who 8have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are 9our own; who is lord over us?”5“Because of the 10devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now 11I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will 12set him in the safety for which he longs.”

6The 13words of the Lord are pure words; As silver 14tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.

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Notes

1. Psalms 12:1 Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith) ↩
2. Psalms 12:1 Is 57:1; Mic 7:2 ↩
3. Psalms 12:2 Ps 10:7; 41:6 ↩
4. Psalms 12:2 Or emptiness ↩
5. Psalms 12:2 Ps 28:3; 55:21; Jer 9:8; Rom 16:18 ↩
6. Psalms 12:2 Lit lip ↩
7. Psalms 12:3 Dan 7:8; Rev 13:5 ↩
8. Psalms 12:4 Ps 73:8, 9 ↩
9. Psalms 12:4 Lit with us ↩
10. Psalms 12:5 Ps 9:9; 10:18 ↩
11. Psalms 12:5 Is 33:10 ↩
12. Psalms 12:5 Ps 34:6; 35:10 ↩
13. Psalms 12:6 2 Sam 22:31; Ps 18:30; 19:8, 10; 119:140 ↩
14. Psalms 12:6 Prov 30:5 ↩

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