Psalm 12, side by side
Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.
1For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
5For 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.
6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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