Psalm

12 Save me, O Jehovah, for the loyal one is no more;

Faithful people have vanished from among men.

 2 They speak lies to one another;

They flatter with their lips* and speak with deceitful hearts.*+

 3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips

And the tongue that makes great boasts,+

 4 Those who say: “We will prevail with our tongues.

We use our lips as we please;

Who will be our master?”+

 5 “Because the afflicted are oppressed,

Because of the sighing of the poor,+

I will rise up to act,” says Jehovah.

 6 The sayings of Jehovah are pure;+

They are like silver refined in an earthen furnace,* purified seven times.

 7 You will guard them, O Jehovah;+

You will protect each one of them from this generation forever.

 8 The wicked walk around unrestrained

Because the sons of men promote depravity.+