Psalm 12

1 [Psalm lal David] O LEUM GOD, kasrekut! Wangin sie mwet wo lula, Ac mwet suwoswos tia ku in sifilpa koneyukyak.

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 amongst the children of men.

2 Mwet nukewa kikiap nu sin sie sin sie; Elos kiapu sie sin sie ke kaskas in aklukuk.

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

3 O LEUM GOD, kutongya loh ma kaskas in aklukuk inge, Ac kaliya oalin mwet filang su fahk mu,

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

4 “Ke kas na lasr kut eis ma kut lungse. Kut ac fahk na ma kut lungse fahk, Ac wangin mwet ku in kutongkuti.”

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

5 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Inge nga ac fah tuyak, Ke sripen mwet enenu elos akkeokyeyuk, Ac mwet kalyeiyuk elos keoklana. Nga ac sang molela nu selos oana elos kena kac.”

“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.”

6 Wulela lun LEUM GOD nasnas ac fal in lulalfongiyuk; Wulela lal nasnas oana silver Ma liklikiyuki pacl itkosr ke funyu in aknasnas.

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

7 LEUM GOD, kom fah karinginkutme; Kom fah liyekutyang liki kain mwet inge.

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

8 Mwet koluk uh oasr yen nukewa Ac mwet nukewa kaksakinna ma koluk uh.

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