n°19 / Psalms 12 :

1Help, LORD ; for the godly man ceaseth ; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour : with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things :
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail ; our lips are our own : who is lord over us ?
5For 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.
6The words of the LORD are pure words : as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.