Psalm 12
1 Help me, LORD, for there is no godly one left;
the faithful have vanished from among us.
2 Everyone speaks falsely with his neighbor;
with a smooth tongue they speak from a double heart.
3 Oh, that the LORD would cut off all smooth tongues,
and close the lips that utter proud boasts!
4 Those who say, "With our tongue will we prevail;
our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"
5 "Because the needy are oppressed,
and the poor cry out in misery,
I will rise up," says the LORD,
"and give them the help they long for."
6 The words of the LORD are pure words,
like silver refined from ore
and purified seven times in the fire.
7 O LORD, watch over us
and save us from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked prowl on every side,
and that which is worthless is highly prized by everyone.