< Psalmorum 12 >
1 in finem pro octava psalmus David salvum me fac Domine quoniam defecit sanctus quoniam deminutae 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 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 exsurgam 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 et 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