詩篇 12

1 大衛的詩，交與伶長。調用第八。 耶和華啊，求你幫助，因虔誠人斷絕了； 世人中間的忠信人沒有了。

For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 人人向鄰舍說謊； 他們說話，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

3 凡油滑的嘴唇和誇大的舌頭， 耶和華必要剪除。

May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

4 他們曾說：我們必能以舌頭得勝； 我們的嘴唇是我們自己的， 誰能作我們的主呢？

who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

5 耶和華說：因為困苦人的冤屈 和貧窮人的歎息， 我現在要起來， 把他安置在他所切慕的穩妥之地。

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

6 耶和華的言語是純淨的言語， 如同銀子在泥爐中煉過七次。

Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

7 耶和華啊，你必保護他們； 你必保佑他們永遠脫離這世代的人。

You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

8 下流人在世人中升高， 就有惡人到處遊行。

The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.