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“Because (A)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
    (B)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
    “I will place him in the (C)safety for which he longs.”
(D)The words of the Lord are pure words,
    like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
    purified seven times.
You, O Lord, will keep them;
    you will guard us[a] from this generation for ever.

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  1. Psalm 12:7 Or guard him

“Because the poor are plundered(A) and the needy groan,(B)
    I will now arise,(C)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(D) from those who malign them.”
And the words of the Lord are flawless,(E)
    like silver purified(F) in a crucible,(G)
    like gold[a] refined seven times.

You, Lord, will keep the needy safe(H)
    and will protect us forever from the wicked,(I)

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  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth