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A Prayer for Help[a]

12 Help us, Lord!
    There is not a good person left;
    honest people can no longer be found.
All of them lie to one another;
    they deceive each other with flattery.

Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord!
    Close those boastful mouths that say,

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  1. Psalm 12:1 HEBREW TITLE: A psalm by David.

Psalm 12[a]

For the director of music. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(A)
    those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
Everyone lies(B) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(C)

May the Lord silence all flattering lips(D)
    and every boastful tongue—(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
  2. Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term