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Psalms 12

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 6 verses · 9 questions below

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Chapter 12 of 150 · 6 verses

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Catholic · source details below

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Psalm 12 begins with a cry for help because faithful people seem to have disappeared and speech has become false, flattering, and proud. The psalm asks Yahweh to stop destructive speech, then hears Yahweh promise safety for the oppressed and needy. It closes by contrasting Yahweh’s flawless words with a public world where the wicked still move freely when vile things are honored.

Themes false speech among neighbors · boastful lips and tongues · oppression of the weak · Yahweh’s flawless words

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Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes that I never sleep in death:

Lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:

But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

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