Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
American Standard Version
Psalms 12
1For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things; 4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for. 6The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times. 7Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
American Standard Version (1901). Copyright expired. Public domain.