012:001 <<For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre.
A Psalm of David.>> Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
012:002 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips,
and with a double heart.
012:003 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
012:004 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"
012:005 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning
of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set
him in safety from those who malign him."
012:006 The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined
in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
012:007 You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from
this generation forever.
012:008 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted
among the sons of men.
013:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>>
How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
013:002 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
013:003 Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes,
lest I sleep in death;
013:004 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my
adversaries rejoice when I fall.
013:005 But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices
in your salvation.
013:006 I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.
014:001 <<For the Chief Musician. By David.>> The fool has said
in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt.
They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.
014:002 Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see
if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.
014:003 They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt.
There is none who does good, no, not one.
014:004 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up
my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?
014:005 There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation
of the righteous.
014:006 You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.
014:007 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh
restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
015:001 <<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary?
Who shall live on your holy hill?
015:002 He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth
in his heart;
015:003 He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend,
nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
015:004 In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those
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