Psalms 12 To the Overseer, on the octave. —A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

YLT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To the Overseer, on the octave. —A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men: ² Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. ³ Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things, ⁴ Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?' ⁵ Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it. ⁶ Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold. ⁷ Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age. ⁸ Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!