Chapter 12
- The Faithful Have Vanished To the choirmaster : according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O Adonai, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
- Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
- May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
- those who say, With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?
- Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise, says the Lord; I will place him in the safety for which he longs.
- The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
- You, O Adonai, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.
- On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.