American Standard Version - King James Version

 12:1 ¶ [[For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.]] Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

 12:1 ¶ [[To the chief Musician°° upon° Sheminith,° A Psalm° of David.]]° Help,°° LORD;° for° the godly man° ceaseth;°° for° the faithful°° fail°° from among the children°° of men.°

 12:2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

 12:2 They speak°° vanity° every one° with° his neighbour:° [with] flattering° lips° [and] with a double° heart° do they speak.°°

 12:3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

 12:3 The LORD° shall cut off°° all° flattering° lips,° [and] the tongue° that speaketh°° proud° things:°

 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

 12:4 Who° have said,°° With our tongue° will we prevail;°° our lips° [are] our own: who° [is] lord° over us?

 12:5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

 12:5 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.

 12:6 The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.

 12:6 The words° of the LORD° [are] pure° words:° [as] silver° tried°° in a furnace° of earth,° purified°° seven° times.°

 12:7 Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

 12:7 Thou° shalt keep°° them, O LORD,° thou shalt preserve°° them from° this° generation° for ever.°

 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

 12:8 The wicked° walk°° on every side,° when the vilest° men°° are exalted.°°