Psalm 12

Revised Geneva Translation

12 Help, LORD! For there is not a godly man left. For the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

² They speak deceitfully, everyone with his neighbor; flattering with their lips, speaking with a double heart.

³ The LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,

⁴ which have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

⁵ “Now, for the oppression of the needy, for the sighs of the poor, I will arise;” says the LORD, “and will speak their deliverance.”

⁶ The Words of the LORD are pure Words, as silver, tried in a furnace of earth; refined sevenfold.

⁷ You will keep them, O LORD. You will preserve him from this generation, forever.

⁸ The wicked walk on every side. When they are exalted, it is a shame for the sons of men. To him who excels: A Psalm of David.