Psalms 12

1 [For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.] Help, YHWH; for the faithful ceases. For the loyal have vanished from among the descendants of Adam.

to/for to conduct upon [the] Sheminith melody to/for David to save [emph?] LORD for to cease pious for to disappear faithful from son: child man

2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

vanity: false to speak: speak man: anyone with neighbor his lips smoothness in/on/with heart and heart to speak: speak

3 May YHWH cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

to cut: eliminate LORD all lips smoothness tongue to speak: speak great: large

4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"

which to say to/for tongue our to prevail lips our with us who? lord to/for us

5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says YHWH; "I will place in safety the one who longs for it."

from violence afflicted from groaning needy now to arise: rise to say LORD to set: put in/on/with salvation to breathe to/for him

6 The words of YHWH are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

word LORD word pure silver: money to refine in/on/with furnace to/for land: soil to refine sevenfold

7 You, YHWH, will protect us. You will guard us from this generation forever.

you(m. s.) LORD to keep: guard them to watch him from [the] generation this to/for forever: enduring

8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the descendants of Adam.

around: side wicked to go: walk [emph?] like/as to exalt vileness to/for son: child man