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Psalms • Chapter 12
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Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing!<br>The faithful have vanished from the earth!<br>
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Neighbors lie to each other,<br>speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.<br>
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May the LORD cut off their flattering lips<br>and silence their boastful tongues.<br>
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They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content.<br>Our lips are our own — who can stop us?”<br>
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The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,<br>and I have heard the groans of the poor.<br>Now I will rise up to rescue them,<br>as they have longed for me to do.”<br>
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The LORD’s promises are pure,<br>like silver refined in a furnace,<br>purified seven times over.<br>
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Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed,<br>preserving them forever from this lying generation,<br>
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even though the wicked strut about,<br>and evil is praised throughout the land.<br>
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