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祈求 神保護脫離是非

大衛的詩,交給詩班長,調用“舍明尼”。

12 耶和華啊!求你施行拯救,因為虔誠人沒有了,

在世人中的信實人也不見了。

他們彼此說謊,

用諂媚的嘴唇說話,口是心非。

願耶和華剪除一切說諂媚話的嘴唇,

和說誇大話的舌頭。

他們曾說:“我們必能以舌頭取勝;

我們的嘴唇是自己的,誰能作我們的主呢?”

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,把他們安置在他們渴望的穩妥之中。”

耶和華的言語是純淨的言語,

好像銀子在泥爐中煉過,精煉過七次一樣。

耶和華啊!求你保守我們,

保護我們(《馬索拉文本》,“我們……我們”作“他們……他”;現參照其他抄本及《七十士譯本》翻譯)永遠脫離這世代的人。

惡人到處橫行,

邪惡在世人中被高舉。

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.

12 Save, O Lord, for (A)the godly one is gone;
    for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Everyone (B)utters lies to his neighbor;
    with (C)flattering lips and (D)a double heart they speak.

May the Lord cut off all (E)flattering lips,
    the tongue that makes (F)great boasts,
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
    our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

“Because (G)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
    (H)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
    “I will place him in the (I)safety for which he longs.”
(J)The words of the Lord are pure words,
    like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
    purified seven times.

You, O Lord, will keep them;
    you will guard us[b] from this generation forever.
On every side the wicked prowl,
    as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 12:7 Or guard him

12 Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

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

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

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

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.