Psalms 12 - 14 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Will Set the Needy in Safety

For the choir director. According to the ¹Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

Save, O Yahweh, for ^athe holy man ceases to be,For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.²They ^aspeak worthlessness to one another;With a ^bflattering lip and with a double heart they speak.³May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,The tongue that ^aspeaks great things;⁴Who ^ahave said, “With our tongue we will prevail;Our lips are ¹our own; who is lord over us?”⁵“Because of the ^adevastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,Now ^bI will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will ^cset him in the ¹safety for which he ²longs.”⁶The ^awords of Yahweh are pure words;As silver ^btried in a furnace on the ground, refined seven times.⁷You, O Yahweh, will keep them;You will ^aguard him from this generation forever.⁸The ^awicked strut about on every sideWhen ¹^,^bvileness is exalted among the sons of men.

How Long, O Yahweh?

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Yahweh? Will You ^aforget me forever?How long ^bwill You hide Your face from me?²How long shall I ^atake counsel in my soul,Having ^bsorrow in my heart all the day?How long will my enemy be exalted over me?³^aLook and answer me, O Yahweh my God;^bGive light to my eyes, lest I ^csleep the sleep of death,⁴Lest my enemy ^asays, “I have overcome him,”And ^bmy adversaries rejoice that I am shaken.⁵But I have ^atrusted in Your lovingkindness;My heart shall ^brejoice in Your salvation.⁶I will ^asing to Yahweh,Because He has ^bdealt bountifully with me.

There Is No One Who Does Good

For the choir director. Of David.

The ¹wicked fool ^asays in his heart, “There is no God.”They act corruptly, they commit abominable ²deeds;There is ^bno one who does good.²Yahweh ^alooks down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there is anyone who ¹^,^bhas insight,Anyone who ^cseeks after God.³They have all ^aturned aside, altogether they have become ¹worthless;There is ^bno one who does good, not even one.⁴Do all the workers of iniquity ^anot know,Who ^beat up my people as they eat bread,And ^cdo not call upon Yahweh?⁵There they are in great dread,For God is with the ^arighteous generation.⁶You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,But Yahweh is his ^arefuge.⁷Oh, that ^athe salvation of Israel ¹would come out of Zion!When Yahweh ²^,^brestores His captive people,May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.