Psalm 12

12:0  For the director of music: according to the sheminith 		(style); a psalm of David.

12:1 Help LORD, for the godly have gone;
	   For the faithful have disappeared from the sons of man.
12:2  People speak lies to one another
	   they flatter with their lips with double talk.
12:3  May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
	         the tongue boasting great things;	
12:4  those who have said,  “With our tongues, we will prevail; 	   we speak want we want; who is master over us ?”
12:5  “Because of the devastation of [done to] the 					    oppressed, because of the groaning of the needy,
	    Now I will arise,” says the LORD.
	    “I will put him in safety, for which he longs.”  	
12:6  The words of the LORD are pure words;  
	    as silver tried in a furnace on the ground, refined 			    seven times.
12:7  You, LORD will keep them;
	    you will protect him [each one] from this generation 			    forever, 
12:8  for the wicked walk about everywhere
	   as vileness is exalted among the sons of men.