< Psalms 12 >
1 TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE EIGHTH. A PSALM OF DAVID. Save, YHWH, for the saintly has failed, For the steadfast have ceased From the sons of men:
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 amongst the children of men.
2 They each speak vanity with his neighbor, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.
3 YHWH cuts off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
4 Who said, “By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?”
who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?
5 Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now I arise, says YHWH, I set in safety [him who] breathes for it.
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.
6 Sayings of YHWH [are] pure sayings—Silver tried in a furnace of earth, refined sevenfold.
The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved [in] a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 You, O YHWH, preserve them, You keep us from this generation for all time.
You, O Lord, shall keep us, and shall preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.
8 The wicked walk around continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
The ungodly walk around: according to your greatness you has greatly exalted the sons of men.