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