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The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 12 -

The pious are no more

1
Yahweh, help us! It seems like people who honor you are no more, that those who are loyal to you have all vanished.
2
Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by flattering them, but they tell lies.
3
Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
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They say, “By telling lies we will get what we want; we control what we say, so no one can tell us what we should do!”
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But Yahweh replies, “I have seen the violent things that they have done to helpless people; I have heard those people groaning, so I will arise and rescue the people who are wanting me to help them.”
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Yahweh, you always do what you have promised to do; what you have promised is as precious and pure as silver that has been heated seven times in a furnace to get rid of all the impure material.
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Yahweh, we know that you will protect us who honor you from those wicked people,
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those who strut around proudly, while people praise them for doing evil deeds.

The pious are no more

1
Help, LORD; 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 the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
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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 the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
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The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
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You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.
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The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.