Psalmorum 12

1 In finem, pro octava. Psalmus David. [Salvum me fac, Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus, quoniam diminutæ sunt veritates a filiis hominum.

For the chief musician; set to the Sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, Yahweh, for the godly have disappeared; the faithful have vanished.

2 Vana locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum; labia dolosa, in corde et corde locuti sunt.

Everyone says empty words to his neighbor; everyone speaks with flattering lips and a double heart.

3 Disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa, et linguam magniloquam.

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

4 Qui dixerunt: Linguam nostram magnificabimus; labia nostra a nobis sunt. Quis noster dominus est?

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

5 Propter miseriam inopum, et gemitum pauperum, nunc exsurgam, dicit Dominus. Ponam in salutari; fiducialiter agam in eo.

“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.”

6 Eloquia Domini, eloquia casta; argentum igne examinatum, probatum terræ, purgatum septuplum.

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

7 Tu, Domine, servabis nos, et custodies nos a generatione hac in æternum.

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

8 In circuitu impii ambulant: secundum altitudinem tuam multiplicasti filios hominum.]

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