Psalms 12:1-6

¹“For the leader of the music; to the octave. A psalm of David.” Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; The faithful are failing among men.

²They speak falsehood one to another; With flattering lips, with a double heart, do they speak.

³May the LORD destroy all flattering lips, And the tongue which speaketh proud things!

⁴Who say, “With our tongues will we prevail; Our lips are our reliance; Who is lord over us?”

⁵For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.

⁶The words of the LORD are pure; Like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, Seven times refined.