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Psalm 12
New King James Version

### Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy

#### To the Chief Musician. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.

12 Help,[b] Lord, for the godly man (B)ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 (C)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and [c]a double heart they speak.

3 May the Lord [d]cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaks [e]proud things,
4 Who have said,
“With our tongue we will 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 I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

6 The words of the Lord are (D)pure words,
Like silver tried 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 vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 12:1 Heb. sheminith
2. Psalm 12:1 Save
3. Psalm 12:2 An inconsistent mind
4. Psalm 12:3 destroy
5. Psalm 12:3 great

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 12:1 : Ps. 6:title
2. Psalm 12:1 : [Is. 57:1]; Mic. 7:2
3. Psalm 12:2 : Ps. 10:7; 41:6
4. Psalm 12:6 : 2 Sam. 22:31; Ps. 18:30; 119:140; Prov. 30:5

New King James Version (NKJV)

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