strkjv - Psalms - 12
1 To the chief
Musician upon
Sheminith, A
Psalm of
David.
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 ben#
are
exalted.