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 leader of the music; to the octave. A psalm of David.” Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; The faithful are failing among men.

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

They speak falsehood one to another; With flattering lips, with a double heart, do they speak.

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 destroy all flattering lips, And the tongue which speaketh proud things!

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 say, “With our tongues will we prevail; Our lips are our reliance; 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

For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.

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 pure; Like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, Seven times refined.

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

Thou, O LORD! will watch over them; Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

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 the vilest of men are exalted.