Psalm 12 - Modern English Version

For the Music Director. According to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

¹ Help, Lord, for the godly man comes to an end, for the faithful disappear from the sons of men.

² They speak empty words, each with his own neighbor; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

³ The Lord will cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,

⁴ those who say, “With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are in our control. Who is our master?”

⁵ “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy sigh, now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he yearns.”

⁶ The words of the Lord are pure words, silver tried in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.

⁷ You will keep them, O  Lord; You will preserve them from this generation forever.

⁸ The wicked prowl on every side, as vileness is exalted among the sons of men.