The Word of the Lord

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Psalms 12

1 To the victor, upon the sheminith1; a psalm of◦ David.
Save, O Jehovah, for the merciful one has come·​·to·​·an·​·end;For the faithful fail◦ from the sons of man.
2 They speak vanity, a man◦ with◦ his companion;With a flattering lip, with one heart and a second heart they speak.
3 Jehovah will cut·​·off all flattering lips,The tongue that speaks great things;
4 Who say, As·​·to our tongue we will prevail;Our lips are with◦ us; who is lord to us?
5 From the devastation of the afflicted,From the groaning◦ of the needy,Now will I arise, says Jehovah;I will set◦ him in safety from him who puffs2 at him.
6 The sayings of Jehovah are clean sayings;Silver refined in a crucible of◦ earth, refined◦ sevenfold.
7 Thou◦, O Jehovah, wilt keep them,Thou wilt preserve him from this generation to eternity;
8 The wicked walk all around,As worthlessness is exalted for the sons of man.

1a musical instrument (see AC 8337:5) with eight strings

2“puffs,” i.e., “scoffs”