Psalmorum 12

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

Yahweh, help us! [It seems that] people who are loyal to you have all vanished.

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

Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by (flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true).

3 Disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa, et linguam magniloquam.

Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.

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

They say, “By telling lies we will get what we want; we control what we say [MTY], so no one can tell us what we should not do!”

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

But Yahweh replies, “I have seen the violent things that they have done to helpless people; and I have heard those people groaning, so I will arise and rescue the people who are wanting me to help them.”

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

Yahweh, you always do what you have promised to do; what you have promised is [as precious and pure as] silver that has been heated seven times in a furnace [to get rid of all the] impure material.

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

Wicked people strut around [proudly], and people praise them for doing vile/wicked deeds, but Yahweh, [we know that] you will protect/rescue us from those wicked people.

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