Psalm 12:5-8

Good News Translation

⁵ “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.”

⁶ The promises of the Lord can be trusted;
    they are as genuine as silver
    refined seven times in the furnace.

^7-8 The wicked are everywhere,
    and everyone praises what is evil.
Keep us always safe, O Lord,
    and preserve us from such people.