詩篇 12

1 ああヱホバよ助けたまへ そは神をうやまふ人はたえ誠あるものは人の子のなかより消失るなり

[For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the faithful ceases. For the loyal have vanished from among the descendants of Adam.

2 人はみな虚偽をもてその隣とあひかたり滑なるくちびると貳心とをもてものいふ

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

3 ヱホバはすべての滑なるくちびると大なる言をかたる舌とをほろぼし給はん

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

4 かれらはいふ われら舌をもて勝をえん この口唇はわがものなり誰かわれらに主たらんやと

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

5 ヱホバのたまはく 苦しむもの掠められ貧しきもの歎くがゆゑに我いま起てこれをその慕ひもとむる平安におかん

"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place in safety the one who longs for it."

6 ヱホバの言はきよきことばなり 地にまうけたる爐にてねり七次きよめたる白銀のごとし

The words of the LORD are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

7 ヱホバよ汝はかれらをまもり之をたすけてとこしへにこの類より免れしめたまはん

You, LORD, will protect us. You will guard us from this generation forever.

8 人の子のなかに穢しきことの崇めらるるときは惡者ここやかしこにあるくなり

The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the descendants of Adam.