[For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.] Help, LORD, for no faithful one remains; the loyal have disappeared from the human race.
Psalms 12 : 2 (HCSB)
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
Psalms 12 : 3 (HCSB)
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully.
Psalms 12 : 4 (HCSB)
They say, "Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own-- who can be our master?"
Psalms 12 : 5 (HCSB)
"Because of the oppression of the afflicted and the groaning of the poor, I will now rise up," says the LORD. "I will put in a safe place the one who longs for it."
Psalms 12 : 6 (HCSB)
The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
Psalms 12 : 7 (HCSB)
You, LORD, will guard us; You will protect us from this generation forever.
Psalms 12 : 8 (HCSB)
The wicked wander everywhere, and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.