Psalms 12

1 For the chief musician; set to the Sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, Yahweh, for the godly have disappeared; the faithful have 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 says empty words to his neighbor; everyone speaks with flattering lips and a double heart.

人們彼此言談虛偽，嘴唇圓滑，口是心非，

3 Yahweh, cut off all flattering lips, every tongue declaring great things.

願上主將一切欺詐的口唇除去。把大言不慚的舌頭剪除!

4 These are those who have said, “With our tongues will we prevail. When our lips speak, who can be master over us?”

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 “Because of violence against the poor, because of the groans of the needy, I will arise,” says Yahweh. “I will provide the safety for which they long.”

「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 The words of Yahweh are pure words, like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.

上主的聖言是真誠的聖言，如同純銀經過七次的鍛鍊。

7 You are Yahweh! You keep them. You preserve the godly people from this wicked generation and forever.

上主，懇求你護祐我們，由這一代常拯救我們。

8 The wicked walk on every side when evil is exalted among the children of mankind.

惡人在四周往來追蹤，實如令人生厭的毒蟲。