Psalm 12:1-5

World English Bible

12 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
    For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
² Everyone lies to his neighbor.
    They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
³ May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
    and the tongue that boasts,
⁴ who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail.
    Our lips are our own.
    Who is lord over us?”
⁵ “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,
    I will now arise,” says Yahweh;
“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”