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12:1 Deliver, Lord! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished. 12:2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. 12:3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts! 12:4 They say, “We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?” 12:5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.” 12:6 The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined. 12:7 You, Lord, will protect the oppressed; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people, 12:8 for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.
12:8 For the music director, a psalm of David.
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