New King James Version

Psalms 12:4-8 New King James Version (NKJV)

4. Who have said,“With our tongue we will prevail;Our lips are our own;Who is lord over us?”

5. “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,Now I will arise,” says the Lord;“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

6. The words of the Lord are pure words,Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,Purified seven times.

7. You shall keep them, O Lord,You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

8. The wicked prowl on every side,When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.