Summer in the Psalms 02 - Psalm 12

To the leader: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

1 

Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly;

    the faithful have disappeared from humankind.

2 

They utter lies to each other;

    with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

3 

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,

    the tongue that makes great boasts,

4 

those who say, “With our tongues we will prevail;

    our lips are our own—who is our master?”

5 

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,

    I will now rise up,” says the Lord;

    “I will place them in the safety for which they long.”

6 

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure,

    silver refined in a furnace on the ground,

    purified seven times.

7 

You, O Lord, will protect us;

    you will guard us from this generation forever.

8 

On every side the wicked prowl,

    as vileness is exalted among humankind.