Psalmi 12

1 Pomagaj, Gospod, kajti bogaboječi človek izginja, kajti zvesti izmed človeških otrok slabi.

Help, Jehovah, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

2 Prazne reči govorijo vsak s svojim bližnjim. Govorijo z laskavimi ustnicami in dvoličnim srcem.

They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

3 Gospod bo iztrebil vse laskave ustnice in jezik, ki govori ponosne stvari,

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,

4 ki so rekli: »S svojim jezikom bomo prevladali, naše ustnice so naša last. Kdo je gospodar nad nami?«

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

5 »Zaradi zatiranja siromašnega, zaradi vzdihovanja pomoči potrebnega se bom sedaj vzdignil, « govori Gospod, »postavil ga bom na varno pred tistim, ki se napihuje nad njim.«

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says Jehovah. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

6 Gospodove besede so čiste besede; kakor srebro, preizkušeno v zemljini talilni peči, sedemkrat prečiščeno.

The words of Jehovah are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.

7 Ti jih boš varoval, oh Gospod, pred tem rodom jih boš ohranil na veke.

Thou will keep them, O Jehovah. Thou will preserve them from this generation forever.

8 Zlobni hodijo na vsaki strani, ko so najnizkotnejši ljudje povišani.

The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.