12 Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth;
For ^[b]the faithful fail from among the children of men.
² They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor:
With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
³ Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaketh great things;
⁴ Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
Our lips are ^[c]our own: who is lord over us?
⁵ Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,
Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;
I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
⁶ The words of Jehovah are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth,
Purified seven times.
⁷ Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah,
Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
⁸ The wicked walk on every side,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.