psalter@Psalms:12:1 @ Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
psalter@Psalms:12:2 @ They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
psalter@Psalms:12:3 @ May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,
psalter@Psalms:12:4 @ Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?"
psalter@Psalms:12:5 @ "For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he yearns".
psalter@Psalms:12:6 @ The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.
psalter@Psalms:12:7 @ You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
psalter@Psalms:12:8 @ The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.