Psalms Chapter 12
Psalms Chapter 12

A Plea For Help Against the Wicked
1   Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2   They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3   The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:
4   Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5   For the  oppression  of  the  poor,  for  the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD;  I  will  set  him in safety from  him  that sneers at him.
6   The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tested in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7   You shall keep them, O LORD, you shall preserve them from this generation forever.
8   The wicked prowl on every side, when vile men are exalted.