12:1 |
tNIV | Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. | Help, LORD, for the godly are no more one is faithful anymore; the faithful those who are loyal have vanished from among men the human race. | Help, LORD, for the godly are no more one is faithful anymore; the faithful those who are loyal have vanished from among men the human race. |
12:2 |
tNIV | Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception. | Everyone lies to his their neighbor; they flatter with their flattering lips speak with but harbor deception in their hearts. | Everyone lies to his their neighbor; they flatter with their flattering lips speak with but harbor deception in their hearts. |
12:3 |
tNIV | May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue | May the LORD cut off silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue— | May the LORD cut off silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue— |
12:4 |
tNIV | that says, “We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips—who is our master?” | that says those who say, “We will triumph with By our tongues we will prevail; we our own our lips will defend us—who is our master lord over us?” | that says those who say, “We will triumph with By our tongues we will prevail; we our own our lips will defend us—who is our master lord over us?” |
12:5 |
tNIV | “Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.” | “Because of the oppression of the weak poor are plundered and the groaning of the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.” | “Because of the oppression of the weak poor are plundered and the groaning of the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.” |
12:6 |
tNIV | And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. | And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined purified in a furnace of clay crucible, purified like gold refined seven times. | And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined purified in a furnace of clay crucible, purified like gold refined seven times. |
12:7 |
tNIV | O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever. | O You, LORD, you will keep us the needy safe and will protect us forever from such people forever. the wicked, | O You, LORD, you will keep us the needy safe and will protect us forever from such people forever. the wicked, |
12:8 |
NIV2011 | The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men. | The wicked who freely strut about when what while depravity is vile is honored among men by the human race. | The wicked who freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men by the human race. |