Psalms 12

1 Help, Jehovah, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

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。

2 They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

人人向鄰舍說謊； 他們說話，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。

3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,

凡油滑的嘴唇和誇大的舌頭， 耶和華必要剪除。

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

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？

5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says Jehovah. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

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。

6 The words of Jehovah are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.

耶和華的言語是純淨的言語， 如同銀子在泥爐中煉過七次。

7 Thou will keep them, O Jehovah. Thou will preserve them from this generation forever.

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。

8 The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

下流人在世人中升高， 就有惡人到處遊行。