Psalm 12:5-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ “Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
    I will now arise,” says the Lord;
    “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
⁶ The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure,
    silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
    purified seven times.

⁷ Do thou, O Lord, protect us,
    guard us ever from this generation.