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| | Psa 12:1 | Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
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| | Psa 12:2 | Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and insincere hearts.
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| | Psa 12:3 | May the LORD bring their flattery to an end and silence their proud tongues.
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| | Psa 12:4 | They say, "We will lie to our hearts' content. Our lips are our own--who can stop us?"
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| | Psa 12:5 | The LORD replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do."
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| | Psa 12:6 | The LORD's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
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| | Psa 12:7 | Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,
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| | Psa 12:8 | even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.
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