12 Help,
LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the
children of men. 2 They
speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with
a double heart do they speak. 3 The
LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud
things: 4 Who
have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who
is lord over us?
5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I
arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at
him. 6 The
words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth,
purified seven times. 7 Thou
shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for
ever. 8 The
wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
