Psalms - Chapter 12 - New International Version
- Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
- Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
- May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue —
- those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us —who is lord over us?"
- "Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."
- And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold "refined seven times.
- You, LORD, will keep the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
- who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.