Psalms 12
1 To the Overseer, on the octave. — A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:
2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
3 Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
4 Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'
5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.
6 Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
7 Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.
8 Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
Cross-references
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- 1Isa 57:1, Jer 5:1, Mat 24:12, Isa 59:13–15, Isa 1:21–22, Isa 63:5, Psa 6:1, Mic 7:1–2
- 2Rom 16:18, Jer 9:8, Psa 41:6, Psa 144:8, Psa 5:9, Psa 10:7, Jas 1:8, Psa 28:3
- 3Pro 18:21, Dan 7:8, Rev 13:5, Psa 17:10, 2Pe 2:18, Dan 4:30–31, Dan 7:25, 1Sa 17:43–44
- 4Jas 3:5–6, Exo 5:2, Job 21:14–15, 2Th 2:4, Jer 18:18, Dan 3:15, Gen 3:5, Jer 2:31
- 5Psa 34:6, Pro 14:31, Jas 5:4, Psa 146:7–8, Mic 7:8–9, Isa 33:10, Job 5:15, Exo 2:23–24
- 6Pro 30:5, Psa 18:30, 2Sa 22:31, Psa 19:8, Psa 66:10, Psa 119:140
- 71Sa 2:9, Psa 121:8, Psa 145:20, Psa 37:40, 1Pe 1:5, Mat 3:7, Psa 37:28, Isa 27:3
- 8Pro 29:12, Mrk 14:63–65, Psa 55:10–11, Hos 5:11, Isa 32:4–6, Mic 6:16, Est 3:6–15, Dan 11:21
Topics in this chapter
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Church, David, Faithfulness, Falsehood, Flattery, Furnace, God, Heart, Infidelity, Injustice, Intercession, Music, Oppression, Politics, Poor, Pride, Psalms, Purity, Rulers, Seven, Speaking, Vanity, Word of God