Psa 12 | NASB1995 | STEP | For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help , Lord , for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men .

Psalms 12

God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

For the choir director; ^{▼▼ Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)}upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

1 Help, Lord, for ^bthe godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 They ^cspeak ^{▼▼ Or emptiness}falsehood to one another;
With ^eflattering ^{▼▼ Lit lip}lips and with a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that ^gspeaks great things;
4 Who ^hhave said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are ^{▼▼ Lit with us}our own; who is lord over us?”
5 “Because of the ^jdevastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now ^kI will arise,” says the Lord; “I will ^lset him in the safety for which he longs.”

6 The ^mwords of the Lord are pure words;
As silver ⁿtried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
You will ^opreserve him from this generation forever.
8 The ^pwicked strut about on every side
When ^{▼▼ Or worthlessness
,} ^rvileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalms 12

God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

For the choir director; ▼▼ Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

For the choir director; ^{▼▼ Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)}upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.