| Chapter 12
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1 | Help, LORD; for
the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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2 | They speak vanity
every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do
they speak. |
3 | The
LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud
things: |
4 | Who
have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord
over us? |
5 | For
the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise,
saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. |
6 | The words of the LORD
are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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7 | Thou shalt keep
them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. |
8 | The wicked walk on
every side, when the vilest men are exalted. |
