Psalms 12
1 Yahweh, help us! [It seems that] people who are loyal to you have all vanished.
【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 tells lies to other people; they deceive others by (flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true).
人們彼此言談虛偽，嘴唇圓滑，口是心非，
3 Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
願上主將一切欺詐的口唇除去。把大言不慚的舌頭剪除!
4 They say, “By telling lies we will get what we want; we control what we say [MTY], so no one can tell us what we should not do!”
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 But Yahweh replies, “I have seen the violent things that they have done to helpless people; and I have heard those people groaning, so I will arise and rescue the people who are wanting me to help them.”
「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 Yahweh, you always do what you have promised to do; what you have promised is [as precious and pure as] silver that has been heated seven times in a furnace [to get rid of all the] impure material.
上主的聖言是真誠的聖言，如同純銀經過七次的鍛鍊。
7 Wicked people strut around [proudly], and people praise them for doing vile/wicked deeds, but Yahweh, [we know that] you will protect/rescue us from those wicked people.
上主，懇求你護祐我們，由這一代常拯救我們。
惡人在四周往來追蹤，實如令人生厭的毒蟲。
