Psalms 12

1 Unto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David. Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons 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 They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.

人們彼此言談虛偽，嘴唇圓滑，口是心非，

3 May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.

願上主將一切欺詐的口唇除去。把大言不慚的舌頭剪除!

4 They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to 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 destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him.

「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 eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined 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 You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.

上主，懇求你護祐我們，由這一代常拯救我們。

8 The impious wander aimlessly. According to your loftiness, you have multiplied the sons of men.

惡人在四周往來追蹤，實如令人生厭的毒蟲。