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Psalm 12

1 Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity. ^b

2 Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. ^c

3 The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,

4 those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master ^d over us?”

5 “Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise,” says the LORD, “I will establish in safety those who yearn for it.”

6 The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.

7 You, LORD, will keep them ^e safe, you will guard them ^f from this generation forever.

8 The wicked, however, ^g keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. ^h