Psalms 12:1-4

¹For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

²Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

³May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

⁴who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”