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Psalm 12 Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy

Psalm 12:1-8 Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy
To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.

Psalm 12:1-2
1 Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2
They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and a double heart (an inconsistent mind) they speak.

Psalm 12:5
5
“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Psalm 12:6-7
6
The words of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.
7
You shall keep them, O Lord,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever.