Psalms 12

1 For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

大衛的詩，交與伶長。調用第八。 耶和華啊，求你幫助，因虔誠人斷絕了； 世人中間的忠信人沒有了。

2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

人人向鄰舍說謊； 他們說話，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。

3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

凡油滑的嘴唇和誇大的舌頭， 耶和華必要剪除。

4 who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

他們曾說：我們必能以舌頭得勝； 我們的嘴唇是我們自己的， 誰能作我們的主呢？

5 “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

耶和華說：因為困苦人的冤屈 和貧窮人的歎息， 我現在要起來， 把他安置在他所切慕的穩妥之地。

6 The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

耶和華的言語是純淨的言語， 如同銀子在泥爐中煉過七次。

7 You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

耶和華啊，你必保護他們； 你必保佑他們永遠脫離這世代的人。

8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

下流人在世人中升高， 就有惡人到處遊行。