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| 12:2: Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. |
| 12:3: May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts, |
| 12:4: Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?" |
| 12:5: "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." |
| 12:6: The words of Yahweh are flawless words, As silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. |
| 12:7: You will keep them, Yahweh, You will preserve them from this generation forever. |
| 12:8: The wicked walk on every side, When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. |
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