Psalm 12 English Standard Version
The Faithful Have Vanished
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.
12 Save, O Lord, for (A)the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone (B)utters lies to his neighbor;
with (C)flattering lips and (D)a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all (E)flattering lips,
the tongue that makes (F)great boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because (G)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
(H)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the (I)safety for which he longs.”
6 (J)The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us[b] from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 12:7 Or guard him
Cross references
- Psalm 12:1 : Isa. 57:1; Mic. 7:2
- Psalm 12:2 : Ps. 41:6; 144:8
- Psalm 12:2 : Ps. 5:9; Jer. 9:8; Rom. 16:18
- Psalm 12:2 : 1 Chr. 12:33; James 1:8
- Psalm 12:3 : [See ver. 2 above]; Ps. 5:9; Jer. 9:8; Rom. 16:18
- Psalm 12:3 : Dan. 7:8; Rev. 13:5; [Ps. 17:10]
- Psalm 12:5 : Ps. 9:12
- Psalm 12:5 : Isa. 33:10; [Ps. 82:8]
- Psalm 12:5 : See Ps. 55:18
- Psalm 12:6 : Ps. 18:30; 119:140; Prov. 30:5; [Ps. 19:8]
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