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About this chapterDavid cries out for help because the faithful have vanished and people speak with flattering lips and a double heart. He asks God to silence the boasters. God answers that because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, he will now rise and give safety to those who long for it. His words are pure, like silver refined seven times, and he will keep the needy safe forever. The psalm ends by noting that the wicked still strut around when what is vile is honored among people.

David cries out for help because the faithful have vanished and people speak with flattering lips and a double heart. He asks God to silence the boasters. God answers that because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, he will now rise and give safety to those who long for it. His words are pure, like silver refined seven times, and he will keep the needy safe forever. The psalm ends by noting that the wicked still strut around when what is vile is honored among people.

Themes

  • Truthful speech
  • God hears the needy
  • Pure promises

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Psalms 12

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1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. 2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. 3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue. 4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?” 5“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.” 6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold. 7You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation. 8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.

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