1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts,
4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own.
Who is lord over us?"
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."
6 Yahweh’s words are flawless words,
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
7 You will keep them, Yahweh.
You will preserve them from this generation forever.
8 The wicked walk on every side,
when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
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1 Vir die musiekleier; met basstem. 'n Psalm van Dawid.3 Hulle praat leuens, die een met die ander; met vleiende lippe spreek hulle dubbelhartig.4 Mag die HERE al die vleiende lippe uitroei, die tong wat grootpraat,5 hulle wat sê: Met ons tong is ons sterk; ons lippe is met ons! Wie is heer oor ons?6 Oor die verdrukking van die ellendiges, oor die gesug van die behoeftiges sal Ek nou opstaan, sê die HERE; Ek sal hom in veiligheid stel wat daarna smag.7 Die woorde van die HERE is rein woorde, silwer wat gelouter is in 'n smeltkroes in die aarde, gesuiwer sewe maal.8 U, o HERE, sal hulle bewaar; U sal ons bewaar van hierdie geslag vir ewig. [ (Psalms 12:9) Die goddelose draf rond as laagheid die oorhand kry by die mensekinders. ]