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口滑舌夸者耶和华剪灭之

12 大卫的诗,交于伶长。调用第八。

耶和华啊,求你帮助,因虔诚人断绝了,世人中间的忠信人没有了。
人人向邻舍说谎,他们说话是嘴唇油滑,心口不一。
凡油滑的嘴唇和夸大的舌头,耶和华必要剪除。
他们曾说:“我们必能以舌头得胜,我们的嘴唇是我们自己的,谁能做我们的主呢?”
耶和华说:“因为困苦人的冤屈和贫穷人的叹息,我现在要起来,把他安置在他所切慕的稳妥之地。”
耶和华的言语是纯净的言语,如同银子在泥炉中炼过七次。
耶和华啊,你必保护他们,你必保佑他们永远脱离这世代的人。
下流人在世人中升高,就有恶人到处游行。

Psalm 12

Oppression by the Wicked

For the choir director: according to Sheminith.(A) A psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.[a](B)
They lie to one another;
they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.(C)
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips
and the tongue that speaks boastfully.(D)
They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?” (E)

“Because of the devastation of the needy
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”(F)

The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in an earthen furnace,
purified seven times.(G)

You, Lord, will guard us;[b]
you will protect us[c] from this generation forever.(H)
The wicked prowl[d] all around,
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.(I)

Footnotes

  1. 12:1 Or the descendants of Adam, also in v. 8
  2. 12:7 Some Hb mss, LXX, Jer; other Hb mss read them
  3. 12:7 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read him
  4. 12:8 Lit walk about