1 To the Overseer, on the octave. — A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men: YLT — Psalm 12:1
2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. YLT — Psalm 12:2
3 Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things, YLT — Psalm 12:3
4 Who said, ‘By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?’ YLT — Psalm 12:4
5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it. YLT — Psalm 12:5
6 Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold. YLT — Psalm 12:6
7 Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age. YLT — Psalm 12:7
8 Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men! YLT — Psalm 12:8