Psalm 12

1Save, Yahweh, for the godly man has failed; the faithful have ceased from the sons of man.

2They speak lies to one another with flattering lips and a double heart.

3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things.

4who have said, "We will be mighty with our tongue; our lips belong to us—who is our master?"

5Because of the oppression of the afflicted and the groaning of the needy, now I will arise, says Yahweh; I will set him in safety from the one who scoffs at him.

6The words of Yahweh are pure words, silver refined in an earthen furnace, purged seven times.

7You, Yahweh, will keep them; you will preserve it from this generation forever.

8The wicked walk all around when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.