<TITLE>Psalms 012</TITLE><BR>Psalms 12 <BR>1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.<BR>2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.<BR>3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:<BR>4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?<BR>5 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.<BR>6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.<BR>7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.<BR>8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.<BR><BR><BR>