Psalms 12
1 Yahweh, help us! [It seems that] people who are loyal to you have all vanished.
In finem, pro octava. Psalmus David. [Salvum me fac, Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus, quoniam diminutæ sunt veritates a filiis hominum.
2 Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by (flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true).
Vana locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum; labia dolosa, in corde et corde locuti sunt.
3 Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
Disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa, et linguam magniloquam.
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!”
Qui dixerunt: Linguam nostram magnificabimus; labia nostra a nobis sunt. Quis noster dominus est?
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.”
Propter miseriam inopum, et gemitum pauperum, nunc exsurgam, dicit Dominus. Ponam in salutari; fiducialiter agam in eo.
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.
Eloquia Domini, eloquia casta; argentum igne examinatum, probatum terræ, purgatum septuplum.
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.
Tu, Domine, servabis nos, et custodies nos a generatione hac in æternum.
In circuitu impii ambulant: secundum altitudinem tuam multiplicasti filios hominum.]
