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。

“For the leader of the music; to the octave. A psalm of David.” Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; The faithful are failing among men.

2 人們彼此言談虛偽，嘴唇圓滑，口是心非，

They speak falsehood one to another; With flattering lips, 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!

May the LORD destroy all flattering lips, And the tongue which speaketh 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 say, “With our tongues will we prevail; Our lips are our reliance; 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 and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.

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; Like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, Seven times refined.

7 上主，懇求你護祐我們，由這一代常拯救我們。

Thou, O LORD! will watch over them; Thou wilt 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 of men are exalted.