Psalms 12
1 Yahweh, help us! [It seems that] people who are loyal to you have all vanished.
Dem Sangmeister, in der achten Tonart. Ein Psalm Davids.
2 Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by (flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true).
Hilf, Jahwe, denn die Frommen sind dahin! / Die Treue schwindet bei den Menschenkindern.
3 Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
Sie reden miteinander Lüge, / Doppelzüngig reden sie mit schmeichlerischen Lippen.
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!”
Es rotte Jahwe alle Schmeichellippen aus / Und jede prahlerische Zunge.
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.”
Sie sprechen: "Wir sind stark durch unsre Zunge; / Wenn unsre Lippen mit uns sind, wer ist dann unser Herr?"
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.
"Weil die Dulder leiden müssen, weil die Armen seufzen, / Will ich mich nun erheben", so spricht Jahwe, / "Will Hilfe senden dem, der danach schmachtet."
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.
Jahwes Worte sind lautre Worte: / Silber, das in der Werkstatt gereinigt zur Erde fließt, / Geläutert siebenfach.
Du, Jahwe, wirst sie schirmen, / Wirst sie vor diesen Menschen für immer bewahren. Es schreiten ringsum Frevler stolz einher, / Weil niedrige Gemeinheit hochkommt bei den Menschenkindern.
