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Psalms 12
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1(13) For the end, a Psalm of David. How long, O Lord, will you forget me? for ever? how long will you turn away your face from me?
1For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
3Look on me, listen to me, O Lord my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
4lest at any time my enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.
4who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
5But I have hoped in your mercy; my heart shall exult in your salvation.
5“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.”
6I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.
6Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.