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Read Full Chapter (Psalms 12) Psalms 12:3-5 KJV
"The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 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."
Psalms 12:3-5 in Context (Verses 1–8 KJV)
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.*