Psalms 12

1 Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

1 Save, Jehovah, for thegodly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

2Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

3The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

4They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who [is] lord over us?

5Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

5 Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.

6The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

6 The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.

7 Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

8 The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.