The Faithful Have Vanished – Psalm 12

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
1  Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 
2  They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 
3  The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: 
4  Who have said, With our tongue will we 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 will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him. 
6  The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 
7  Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever. 
8  The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.