诗篇 12
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
大卫的诗。交给圣咏团长，曲调用“第八”。
求助的祈祷
12 耶和华啊，求你帮助，因虔诚人断绝了，
世人中间忠信的人消失了。
2 人人向邻舍说谎；
他们说话嘴唇油滑，心口不一。
3 愿耶和华剪除一切油滑的嘴唇，
夸大的舌头。
4 他们说：“我们必能以舌头取胜，
我们的嘴唇是自己的，
谁能作我们的主呢？”
5 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。”
6 耶和华的言语是纯净的言语，
如同银子在泥做的炉中炼过七次。
7 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。
8 卑鄙的人在世人中高升时，
就有恶人四处横行。
Psalm 12
World English Bible
For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
12 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts,
4 who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own.
Who is lord over us?”
5 “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise,” says Yahweh;
“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
6 Yahweh’s words are flawless words,
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
7 You will keep them, Yahweh.
You will preserve them from this generation forever.
8 The wicked walk on every side,
when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
Psalm 12
Evangelical Heritage Version
Psalm 12
Proud Words vs. Pure Words
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For the choir director. According to sheminith.[a] A psalm by David.
The Proud Words of the Ungodly
1 Save us, Lord, for the merciful have disappeared.
The faithful have vanished from among mankind.
2 Everyone speaks falsehood to his neighbor.
Their flattering lips speak double-talk.[b]
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips.
May he cut off every tongue that speaks boastfully,
4 which says, “With our tongues we will establish our power.
We say what we please.[c] Who is lord over us?”
The Pure Words of the Lord
5 “Because of the destruction of the oppressed,
because of the groaning of the poor,
now I will rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will keep him safe from the one who puffs against him.”[d]
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
7 You, Lord, will keep them safe.
You will protect them from such people forever.
8 The wicked strut around
when depravity is honored by the children of Adam.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:1 Sheminith is apparently derived from the Hebrew word for eight. It may refer to an eight-stringed instrument, to the bass voice, to low-pitched stringed instruments, or, most likely, to a method for tuning a stringed instrument (1 Chronicles 15:21).
- Psalm 12:2 Literally speak with a heart and a heart
- Psalm 12:4 Literally our lips are with us
- Psalm 12:5 Or in the safety he desires
Psalm 12
King James Version
12 Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 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.
6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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