{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:20:20.668Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":12,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":8},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"To the Overseer, on the octave. — A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Who said, 'By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 12 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 12](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/12 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}