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Psalm 12:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Help, Lord, for no one loyal remains; the faithful have vanished from the children of men.

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For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Should I not punish them for these deeds—oracle of the Lord; on a nation such as this should I not take vengeance?

My enemies say bad things against me: ‘When will he die and his name be forgotten?’

Their mouths speak untruth; their right hands are raised in lying oaths.

Their mouths are full of oaths, violence, and lies; discord and evil are under their tongues.

Lord, guide me in your justice because of my foes; make straight your way before me.

since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.

Do not drag me off with the wicked, with those who do wrong, Who speak peace to their neighbors though evil is in their hearts.

Nor, indeed, did we ever appear with flattering speech, as you know, or with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

No longer shall there be any false visions or deceitful divinations within the house of Israel,

Those who speak flattery to their neighbor cast a net at their feet.

A slanderer reveals secrets; so have nothing to do with a babbler!

deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreign foes. Their mouths speak untruth; their right hands are raised in lying oaths.

How long will you set yourself against a man? You shall all be destroyed, Like a sagging wall or a tumbled down fence!

He stretched out his hand at his friends and broke his covenant.

Slay them not, God, lest they deceive my people. Shake them by your power; Lord, our shield, bring them down.

Of the Issacharites, their chiefs who were endowed with an understanding of the times and who knew what Israel had to do: two hundred chiefs, together with all their kinsmen under their command.

Friends and companions shun my disease; my neighbors stand far off.

I said in my alarm, “All men are liars!”

Many say, “My loyal friend,” but who can find someone worthy of trust?

Say to them: This is the nation which does not listen to the voice of the Lord, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech.

The faithful have vanished from the earth, no mortal is just! They all lie in wait to shed blood, each one ensnares the other.




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