NET Bible
"They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”"
— Psalms 12:4, NET Bible
“Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?”
“Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us? ”
“who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"”
“Consider, and hear me, O Lord, my God. Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death:”
“They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?”
“Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?”
For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.
People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
They say,“We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”
“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
The LORD’s words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.
You, LORD, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,