Psalm 12 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

¹ 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 are exalted.