Psalms 12

1 For the music director. To the Sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, Lord, for all the good people have gone! Those who trust in you have disappeared from among the people on earth.

【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 Everyone lies to their neighbors. They flatter with nice talk, but they don't mean what they say.

人們彼此言談虛偽，嘴唇圓滑，口是心非，

3 Stop their flattery, Lord, and silence their boasts—

願上主將一切欺詐的口唇除去。把大言不慚的舌頭剪除!

4 these people who say, “We will succeed through what we say; our mouths belong to us. We don't take orders from anyone!”

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 violence the helpless have suffered, and because of the groans of the poor, I will rise up to defend them,” says the Lord. “I will give them the protection they have been longing for.”

「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 What the Lord says is trustworthy, as pure as silver refined seven times in a furnace.

上主的聖言是真誠的聖言，如同純銀經過七次的鍛鍊。

7 You, Lord will keep the oppressed safe; you will protect us from these kinds of people forever;

上主，懇求你護祐我們，由這一代常拯救我們。

8 even though the wicked are all around us, and evil is being promoted everywhere.

惡人在四周往來追蹤，實如令人生厭的毒蟲。