Psalm 12:1-7 GNT

[1] Help us, LORD! There is not a good person left; honest people can no longer be found. [2] All of them lie to one another; they deceive each other with flattery. [3] Silence those flattering tongues, O LORD! Close those boastful mouths that say, [4] "With our words we get what we want. We will say what we wish, and no one can stop us." [5] "But now I will come," says the LORD, "because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will give them the security they long for." [6] The promises of the LORD can be trusted; they are as genuine as silver refined seven times in the furnace. [7] The wicked are everywhere, and everyone praises what is evil. Keep us always safe, O LORD, and preserve us from such people.