Old Testament · Psalms

Psalms 12

The Godly Are No More

1For the leader, upon the Sheminith. A psalm of David.

2Save^a, O LORD, for the godly one has ceased; for the faithful have failed from the sons of man^b.
3They speak falsehood, a man^c with his neighbor; with a lip of smooth things, with a heart and a heart they speak.
4May the LORD cut off all smooth lips, the tongue that speaks great things;
5Who have said, "By our tongue we prevail; our lips are with us—who is lord over us?"
6"Because of the despoiling of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, now I will arise," says the LORD, "I will set in safety the one he puffs at."
7The sayings of the LORD are pure sayings, silver refined in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.
8You, O LORD, will keep them; you will preserve us from this generation forever.
9On every side the wicked walk about, when vileness is exalted among the sons of man.