Psalm 12:1-8 NLT

[1] Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! [2] Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. [3] May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. [4] They say, "We will lie to our hearts' content. Our lips are our own-who can stop us?" [5] The LORD replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do." [6] The LORD's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. [7] Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation, [8] even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.