Psalm 12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

² Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

³ May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

⁴ who have said, *With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?*

⁵ *Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,* says the LORD; *I will set him in safety from those who malign him.*

⁶ The words of the LORD are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

⁷ You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

⁸ The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.