Psalms 12

1 Help, YHWH; for the righteous man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

ああヱホバよ助けたまへ そは神をうやまふ人はたえ誠あるものは人の子のなかより消失るなり

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

人はみな虚偽をもてその隣とあひかたり滑なるくちびると貳心とをもてものいふ

3 YHWH shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

ヱホバはすべての滑なるくちびると大なる言をかたる舌とをほろぼし給はん

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is master over us?

かれらはいふ われら舌をもて勝をえん この口唇はわがものなり誰かわれらに主たらんやと

5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith YHWH; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

ヱホバのたまはく 苦しむもの掠められ貧しきもの歎くがゆゑに我いま起てこれをその慕ひもとむる平安におかん

6 The words of YHWH are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

ヱホバの言はきよきことばなり 地にまうけたる爐にてねり七次きよめたる白銀のごとし

7 Thou shalt keep them, O YHWH, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

ヱホバよ汝はかれらをまもり之をたすけてとこしへにこの類より免れしめたまはん

8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

人の子のなかに穢しきことの崇めらるるときは惡者ここやかしこにあるくなり