Psalm 12

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Verse	BSB	KJV	WEB	ASV
1	Help, O Lord, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.	Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.	Help, Lord; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.	Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2	They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.	They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.	Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.	They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
3	May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.	The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:	May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,	Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
4	They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”	Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?	who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”	Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5	“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”	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.	“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.”	Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
6	The words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.	The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.	The Lord’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.	The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
7	You, O Lord, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.	Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.	You will keep them, Lord. You will preserve them from this generation forever.	Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8	The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.	The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.	The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.	The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.