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12 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." Psalm 12 KJV
Because of the lack of paragraphs and quotation marks, it is difficult to understand this Psalm in KJV. But, after having read several very reliable modern translations, I can see the essence is there in this language I barely understand. (I used green here to identify the fact that is Bible verses! Normally I use red for English, but reading it, I realize it is not the English I speak, at all! Hence, a different colour!)
And what is the essence of verses 6-7? That the words in the previous verse, against evil people who oppress the Lord are true! And that oppression of the poor is a serious matter, even down to our day!
"1 Deliver, Lord!
For the godly have disappeared;
people of integrity have vanished.
2 People lie to one another;
they flatter and deceive.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts!
4 They say, “We speak persuasively;
we know how to flatter and boast.
Who is our master?”
5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed,
because of the painful cries of the needy,
I will spring into action,” says the Lord.
“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
6 The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable.
They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground,
where it is thoroughly refined.
7 You, Lord, will protect them;
you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,
8 for the wicked seem to be everywhere,
when people promote evil. Psalm 12 NET (no idea where the verse numbers are! They were there before I copied and pasted it!)
Psalm 12English Standard Version (ESV)
The Faithful Have Vanished
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.
12 Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man."
Notice how ESV even groups verse 5 and 6 together. This is context! Pulling verse 6 and 7 out and saying they are about the KJV, which was written,
2000-2500 years later is the MOST ludicrous piece of garbage I have ever heard! Not even eisegetics, but cult propaganda!
So John146, have you ever read this verse in context? Or is it just that you, too are clueless about Shakespearean English, and it is too difficult to understand this in the KJV? I'm beginning to suspect the latter!