Psalms 12
1 Yahweh, help us! [It seems that] people who are loyal to you have all vanished.
For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by (flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true).
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
3 Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!
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!”
Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
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.”
'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'
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.
The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
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.
Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
