Psalmorum 12

1 Psalmus David in finem, pro octava. Salvum me fac Domine, quoniam defecit sanctus: quoniam diminutae sunt veritates a filiis hominum.

[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 Vana locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum: labia dolosa, in corde et corde locuti sunt.

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

3 Disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa, et linguam magniloquam.

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

4 Qui dixerunt: Linguam nostram magnificabimus, labia nostra a nobis sunt, quis noster Dominus est?

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

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

"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 Eloquia Domini, eloquia casta: argentum igne examinatum, probatum terrae purgatum septuplum.

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

7 Tu Domine servabis nos: et custodies nos a generatione hac in aeternum.

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

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

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