Psalms 12
12
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.#12:TITLE Hebrew according to the sheminith.
1Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing!
The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2Neighbors lie to each other,
speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3May the Lord cut off their flattering lips
and silence their boastful tongues.
4They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content.
Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do.”
6The Lord’s promises are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace,
purified seven times over.
7Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8even though the wicked strut about,
and evil is praised throughout the land.
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詩篇 12
12
求助的祈禱
大衛的詩，交與伶長。調用第八。
1耶和華啊，求你幫助，因虔誠人斷絕了；
世人中間的忠信人沒有了。
2人人向鄰舍說謊；
他們說話，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。
3凡油滑的嘴唇和誇大的舌頭，
耶和華必要剪除。
4他們曾說：我們必能以舌頭得勝；
我們的嘴唇是我們自己的，
誰能作我們的主呢？
5耶和華說：因為困苦人的冤屈
和貧窮人的歎息，
我現在要起來，
把他安置在他所切慕的穩妥之地。
6耶和華的言語是純淨的言語，
如同銀子在泥爐中煉過七次。
7耶和華啊，你必保護他們；
你必保佑他們永遠脫離這世代的人。
8下流人在世人中升高，
就有惡人到處遊行。
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