1 Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity. b12:1 Lit. from among the children of men ISV — Psalm 12:1
2 Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. c12:2 Lit. with slippery lips and a double heart ISV — Psalm 12:2
3 The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things, ISV — Psalm 12:3
4 those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master d12:4 Or lord over us?” ISV — Psalm 12:4
5 “Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise,” says the LORD, “I will establish in safety those who yearn for it.” ISV — Psalm 12:5
6 The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over. ISV — Psalm 12:6
7 You, LORD, will keep them e12:7 So MT DSS 5/6HevPs 11QPs; LXX reads us safe, you will guard them f12:7 So MT DSS 5/6HevPs 11QPs; LXX reads us from this generation forever. ISV — Psalm 12:7
8 The wicked, however, g12:8 The Heb. lacks however keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings. h12:8 Lit. of children of men ISV — Psalm 12:8