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