Chapter 12 - Help from the Lord

1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; 

for the faithful fail from among the children (of men).

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: 

with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

4 Who have said,

With our tongue will we prevail; 

our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

6 The words (of the LORD) are pure words: 

[as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Chapter 13