“who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 12 contains 8 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.