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; on the sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, Lord, for the good are all gone, faithful people have vanished.

2 人們彼此言談虛偽，嘴唇圓滑，口是心非，

One lies to another, speaking empty lies, with flattering lips and false hearts 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 cut off all the flattering lips, and the tongue that utters arrogance,

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？」

they declare, “Our tongue is our strength, our allies our lips: 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。

“The poor are despoiled, and the needy are sighing; so now I will act,” the Lord declares “And place them in the safety they long for.”

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 words that are pure, silver smelted, seven times refined.

7 上主，懇求你護祐我們，由這一代常拯救我們。

You will keep us, Lord, and guard us from this generation forever,

8 惡人在四周往來追蹤，實如令人生厭的毒蟲。

in a world where the wicked prowl, and worthless people exalted.