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.

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

人人向鄰舍說謊； 他們說話，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。

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

凡油滑的嘴唇和誇大的舌頭， 耶和華必要剪除。

4 who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of 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 misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord, I will set [them] in safety; I will speak [to them] thereof openly.

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 oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved [in] a furnace of 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 You, O Lord, shall keep us, and shall preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

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 ungodly walk around: according to your greatness you has greatly exalted the sons of men.

下流人在世人中升高， 就有惡人到處遊行。