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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[a]

For the director of music. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(A)
    those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
Everyone lies(B) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(C)

May the Lord silence all flattering lips(D)
    and every boastful tongue—(E)
those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(F)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

“Because the poor are plundered(G) and the needy groan,(H)
    I will now arise,(I)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(J) from those who malign them.”
And the words of the Lord are flawless,(K)
    like silver purified(L) in a crucible,(M)
    like gold[c] refined seven times.

You, Lord, will keep the needy safe(N)
    and will protect us forever from the wicked,(O)
who freely strut(P) about
    when what is vile is honored by the human race.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
  2. Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term
  3. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth

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.