A moment in scripture
Psalms 12:5
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For 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.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 12:3
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
- Psalms 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
- Psalms 12:6
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
- Psalms 12:7
Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.