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。

Yahweh, help us! [It seems that] people who are loyal to you have all vanished.

2 人人向邻舍说谎； 他们说话，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。

Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by (flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true).

3 凡油滑的嘴唇和夸大的舌头， 耶和华必要剪除。

Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.

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？

They say, “By telling lies we will get what we want; we control what we say [MTY], so no one can tell us what we should not do!”

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。

But Yahweh replies, “I have seen the violent things that they have done to helpless people; and I have heard those people groaning, so I will arise and rescue the people who are wanting me to help them.”

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。

Yahweh, you always do what you have promised to do; what you have promised is [as precious and pure as] silver that has been heated seven times in a furnace [to get rid of all the] impure material.

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。

Wicked people strut around [proudly], and people praise them for doing vile/wicked deeds, but Yahweh, [we know that] you will protect/rescue us from those wicked people.

8 下流人在世人中升高， 就有恶人到处游行。