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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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