Psalm 12 (Tune: Genevan Psalm 12)

Support the psalms: www.patreon.com/psalms Psalm 12 sung a capella from Sing Psalm (2003)(Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). Meter: (11 10 11 10) Tune by Loys Bourgeois 1551 from the Anlo-Genevan psalter(aka DONNE SECOURS). 1 Help, LORD, because the godly have quite vanished, and faithful folk we can no longer see. 2 Each one tells falsehood even to his neighbour; with flattering lips they speak deceitfully. 3 Now may the LORD cut off all lips which flatter, and every tongue which speaks with boastful word. 4 Such people say, “We with our tongues will triumph; we own our lips—who then can be our lord?” 5 “Because the weak have suffered great oppression, and I have heard the needy’s groaning cries, Now I will guard them from those who malign them. To help them,” says the LORD, “I will arise.” 7 O LORD, you will preserve us safe for ever and from this evil age keep us secure; 8 For here the wicked strut about quite freely, and praise is giv’n to all that is impure.