Add parallel Print Page Options

“With our words we get what we want.
    We will say what we wish,
    and no one can stop us.”

“But now I will come,” says the Lord,
    “because the needy are oppressed
    and the persecuted groan in pain.
I will give them the security they long for.”

The promises of the Lord can be trusted;
    they are as genuine as silver
    refined seven times in the furnace.

Read full chapter

those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(A)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

“Because the poor are plundered(B) and the needy groan,(C)
    I will now arise,(D)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(E) from those who malign them.”
And the words of the Lord are flawless,(F)
    like silver purified(G) in a crucible,(H)
    like gold[a] refined seven times.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth