詩篇 12

1 【求免於是非】 達味詩歌，交與樂官，八度低音。 主，求你拯救，因為熱心者已缺少，忠誠的人在人間也已絕跡不見了。

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 人們彼此言談虛偽，嘴唇圓滑，口是心非，

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3 願上主將一切欺詐的口唇除去。把大言不慚的舌頭剪除!

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:

4 他們揚言說：「我們以口以舌取勝；有口有唇護衛我們，誰能作我們的主人？」

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 「為了貧苦者的委屈，為了窮困者的歎息，我要立刻站起──上主說：將渴望救援的人救起。

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him.

6 上主的聖言是真誠的聖言，如同純銀經過七次的鍛鍊。

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 上主，懇求你護祐我們，由這一代常拯救我們。

You shall keep them, O LORD, you shall preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 惡人在四周往來追蹤，實如令人生厭的毒蟲。

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.