# Psalm 12 [[Ps-11|← Psalm 11]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-13|Psalm 13 →]] *** ###### v1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men. ###### v2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. ###### v3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, ###### v4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?" ###### v5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him." ###### v6 Yahweh's words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. ###### v7 You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever. ###### v8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. *** [[Ps-11|← Psalm 11]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-13|Psalm 13 →]]