{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":12,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/11","next":"psalms/13","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.","f":["Sheminith is probably a musical term; here and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 and Psalm 6:1."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the faithful have vanished from among men."}],"h":"The Godly Are No More","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips [and] a double heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They lie to one another;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they speak with flattering lips [and] a double heart."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and [every] boastful tongue.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May the LORD cut off all flattering lips"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and [every] boastful tongue."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"They say,“ With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips — who can be our master?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They say,“ With our tongues we will prevail."},{"style":"indent2","t":"We own our lips — who can be our master?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"“ For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD.“ I will bring safety to him who yearns.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ For the cause of the oppressed"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and for the groaning of the needy,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will now arise,” says the LORD."},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ I will bring safety to him who yearns.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.","f":["Probable reading; MT like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified sevenfold"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The words of the LORD are flawless,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like silver refined in a furnace,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like gold purified sevenfold."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You, O LORD, will keep us;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You will forever guard us from this generation."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The wicked wander freely,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and vileness is exalted among men."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David."}