Psalms 12:3-6

³Stop their flattery, Lord, and silence their boasts—

⁴these people who say, “We will succeed through what we say; our mouths belong to us. We don't take orders from anyone!”

⁵“Because of the violence the helpless have suffered, and because of the groans of the poor, I will rise up to defend them,” says the Lord. “I will give them the protection they have been longing for.”

⁶What the Lord says is trustworthy, as pure as silver refined seven times in a furnace.