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Psalm 12
Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing!
The faithful have vanished from the earth!
- Neighbors lie to each other,
speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
- May the LORD cut off their flattering lips
and silence their boastful tongues.
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They say, "We will lie to our hearts' content. Our lips are our own--who can stop us?"
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The LORD replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do."
- The LORD's promises are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace,
purified seven times over.
- Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,
- even though the wicked strut about,
and evil is praised throughout the land.