| 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: |
| 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. |
