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Psalms 12:4-8 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

4. those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are on our side. Who is master over us?”

5. “Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the poor, now I will rise up,” Yahweh says. “I shall put them in the safety for which they long.”

6. The words of Yahweh are pure words like silver refined in the crucible on the ground, refined seven times.

7. You, O Yahweh, will protect them. You will preserve him from this generation always.

8. The wicked prowl about when vileness is exalted among the children of humankind.

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