NLT · New Living Translation
Psalms
Chapter 12
- 1
Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
- 2
Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
- 3
May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
- 4
They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own — who can stop us?”
- 5
The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
- 6
The LORD’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
- 7
Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
- 8
even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.
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