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 Psalm 12
| Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! | ||
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Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. | ||
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LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. | ||
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They say, “We will lie to our
  hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?” | ||
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The LORD replies, “I have seen
  violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.” | ||
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LORD your promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. | ||
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Therefore, LORD, we know you will
  protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation, | ||
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even though the wicked strut
  about, and evil is praised throughout the land. | 
 
 
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