Psalms 12
1 Yahweh, help us! [It seems that] people who are loyal to you have all vanished.
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 tells lies to other people; they deceive others by (flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true).
vanity: false to speak: speak man: anyone with neighbor his lips smoothness in/on/with heart and heart to speak: speak
3 Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
to cut: eliminate LORD all lips smoothness tongue to speak: speak great: large
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!”
which to say to/for tongue our to prevail lips our with us who? lord to/for 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.”
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 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.
word LORD word pure silver: money to refine in/on/with furnace to/for land: soil to refine sevenfold
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.
you(m. s.) LORD to keep: guard them to watch him from [the] generation this to/for forever: enduring
around: side wicked to go: walk [emph?] like/as to exalt vileness to/for son: child man
