{Psa 12-17, 19-32 ^**}

    ^12:1 Help, Jehovah, because the holy man ceases, because the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

    ^12:2 They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. They speak with a flattering lip and with a double heart. ^12:3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things, ^12:4 who have said, We will prevail with our tongue. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?

    ^12:5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says Jehovah. I will set him into the safety he breathes for.

    ^12:6 The words of Jehovah are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times. ^12:7 You will keep them, O Jehovah. You will preserve them from this generation everlasting.

    ^12:8 The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.