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Psalm 12:2

The Passion Translation

Everyone lies, everyone flatters, and everyone deceives. Nothing but empty talk, smooth talk, and double-talk.

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For people like this are not truly serving the Lord, our Messiah, but are being driven by their own desires for a following. Utilizing their smooth words and well-rehearsed blessings, they seek to deceive the hearts of innocent ones.

Their words are deadly arrows poisoned with deceit. Each one greets his neighbor with ‘Shalom,’ but deep in his heart, he secretly sets a trap for him.

And when these “friends” come to visit me with their pious sympathy and their hollow words and with hypocrisy hidden in their hearts, I can see right through it all. For they come merely to gather gossip about me, using all they find to mock me with malicious hearts of slander.

They speak nothing but lies; their words are pure deceit. Nothing they say can ever be trusted.

Their mouths spew out cursing, lies, and threats. Only trouble and turmoil come from all their plans.

Their words are unreliable. Destruction is in their hearts, drawing people into their darkness with their speeches. They are smooth-tongued deceivers, flattering with their words.

Don’t allow me to be punished along with the wicked— these hypocrites who speak sweetly to their neighbors’ faces while holding evil against them in their hearts.

God is our witness that when we came to encourage you, we never once used cunning compliments as a pretext for greed,

for there will be no more false visions or deceptive prophecy among the people of Israel.

Flattery can often be used as a trap to hide ulterior motives and take advantage of you.

A blabbermouth will reveal your secrets, so stay away from people who can’t keep their mouths shut.

Deliver me and save me from these dark powers who speak nothing but lies. Their words are pure deceit, and you can’t trust anything they say.

Liars, hypocrites, with nothing good to say— all their energies are spent on moving me from this exalted place. Pause in his presence

His words were smooth and charming. Yet his heart was disloyal and full of hatred— his words soft as silk while all the time scheming my demise.

They are nothing but proud, cursing liars. They sin in every word they speak, boasting in their blasphemies!

Meanwhile my enemies are out to kill me, plotting my ruin, speaking of my doom as they spend every waking moment planning how to finish me off.

Many will tell you they’re your loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly trustworthy?

Then you will say to them: ‘You are the nation that refused to listen to the voice of your God, Yahweh. Truth has perished and disappeared from their lips, for they did not accept Yahweh’s correction.’ ”




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