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Chapter 12 |
1 | Help, LORD;
for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of
men. |
2 |
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with
flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. |
3 | The LORD shall
cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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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, saith the LORD; I will set him in
safety from him that puffeth at him. |
6 | The words of the LORD are pure
words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. |
7 |
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for
ever. |
8 |
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are
exalted. |