诗篇 12

1 大卫的诗，交与伶长。调用第八。 耶和华啊，求你帮助，因虔诚人断绝了； 世人中间的忠信人没有了。

For the end, A Psalm of David, upon the eighth. Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from amongst the children of men.

2 人人向邻舍说谎； 他们说话，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。

Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.

3 凡油滑的嘴唇和夸大的舌头， 耶和华必要剪除。

Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:

4 他们曾说：我们必能以舌头得胜； 我们的嘴唇是我们自己的， 谁能作我们的主呢？

who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?

5 耶和华说：因为困苦人的冤屈 和贫穷人的叹息， 我现在要起来， 把他安置在他所切慕的稳妥之地。

Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord, I will set [them] in safety; I will speak [to them] thereof openly.

6 耶和华的言语是纯净的言语， 如同银子在泥炉中炼过七次。

The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved [in] a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7 耶和华啊，你必保护他们； 你必保佑他们永远脱离这世代的人。

You, O Lord, shall keep us, and shall preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

8 下流人在世人中升高， 就有恶人到处游行。

The ungodly walk around: according to your greatness you has greatly exalted the sons of men.