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

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Notas al pie

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

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

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