The Book of Psalms

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- Kapitel 12 -

The pious are no more

Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.(a)

You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.

The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.

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(a)12:6 Probable reading; MT like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified sevenfold

The pious are no more

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.