12: 1 God a Helper against the Treacherous. For the Chief Musician; set to ⁶⁴ the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For ⁶⁵the faithful fail from among the children of men.
⁶⁴Or, the eighth.
⁶⁵Or, faithfulness faileth from among

12: 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
12: 3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
12: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are ⁶⁶our own: who is lord over us?
⁶⁶Hb. with us:

12: 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.
12: 6 The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
12: 7 Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
12: 8 The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.