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1 (For the one directing. According to the Sheminit. Mizmor Dovid)
2 Help, Hashem; for the chasid is no more;
for the emunim (faithful ones) vanish from among Bnei Adam.
3 They speak vanity every one with his re'a (neighbor);
with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
4 Hashem shall cut off all flattering lips,
and the leshon that speaketh gedolot;
5 Who have said, With leshoneinu (our tongue) will we prevail;
our lips are our own: who is Adon over us?
6 For the oppression of the aniyim,
for the groaning of the needy,
now will I arise, saith Hashem;
I will set him in safety from him that sneers at him.
7 The words of Hashem are amarot tehorot (pure words);
as kesef refined in the furnace on the earth,
purified seven times.
8 Thou shalt be shomer over them, Hashem,
Thou shalt preserve him* from this generation forever.
9 The resha'im strut on every side,
when the vilest among the Bnei Adam are exalted.
* 12:8 See Ps 12:5 [6]