Psa 12 | LEB | STEP | For the music director; on the Sheminith. A psalm of David. Save, O Yahweh, for the pious have ceased to be ; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of humankind.

Psalms 12

Human Faithlessness and God’s Faithfulness

For the music director; on the Sheminith. ^{▼▼Meaning uncertain} A psalm of David. ^{▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one}

1 Save, O Yahweh, for the pious have ceased to be;
for the faithful have vanished
from among the children of humankind.
2 They speak falseness ⌞to each other⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “each with his companion”}
With flattering lips,
with ⌞a double heart⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “a heart and a heart”} they speak.
3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue speaking great boasts—
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are on our side.
Who is master over us?”
5 “Because of the oppression of the afflicted,
because of the groaning of the poor,
now I will rise up,” Yahweh says.
“I shall put them in the safety for which they ^{▼▼Hebrew “he”} long.”
6 The words of Yahweh are pure words
like silver refined in the crucible on the ground,
refined seven times.
7 You, O Yahweh, will protect them.
You will preserve him ^{▼▼Or “us”}
from this generation always.
8 The wicked prowl about
when vileness is exalted among the children of humankind.

Psalms 12

Human Faithlessness and God’s Faithfulness

For the music director; on the Sheminith. ▼▼Meaning uncertain A psalm of David. ▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one

For the music director; on the Sheminith. ^{▼▼Meaning uncertain} A psalm of David. ^{▼▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one}