| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. | | The Psalms | | 12 |
A Prayer for Help against the Wicked |
| To the chief Musician upon Shem'inith, A Psalm of David. |
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Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth;
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for the faithful fail from among the children of men. |
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They speak vanity every one with his neighbor:
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with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. |
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The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips,
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and the tongue that speaketh proud things: |
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who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
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our lips are our own: who is lord over us? |
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For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
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now will I arise, saith the LORD; |
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I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. |
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The words of the LORD are pure words:
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as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. |
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Thou shalt keep them, O LORD,
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thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. |
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The wicked walk on every side,
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when the vilest men are exalted. |
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