Psalms 12

1 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 among the children of men.

【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。

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

人們彼此言談虛偽，嘴唇圓滑，口是心非，

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

願上主將一切欺詐的口唇除去。把大言不慚的舌頭剪除!

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

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？」

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

「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。

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

上主的聖言是真誠的聖言，如同純銀經過七次的鍛鍊。

7 Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

上主，懇求你護祐我們，由這一代常拯救我們。

8 The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.

惡人在四周往來追蹤，實如令人生厭的毒蟲。