Site uses cookies to provide basic functionality.

OK
PSALMS
Prev Up Next Toggle notes
Chapter 12
Psal JPS 12:1  For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
Psal JPS 12:2  Help, HaShem; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Psal JPS 12:3  They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Psal JPS 12:4  May HaShem cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!
Psal JPS 12:5  Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
Psal JPS 12:6  'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith HaShem; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'
Psal JPS 12:7  The words of HaShem are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
Psal JPS 12:8  Thou wilt keep them, O HaShem; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
Psal JPS 12:9  The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.