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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。

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

祈求上帝帮助

大卫的诗,交给乐长。

12 耶和华啊,求你救我们!
因为世上的敬虔人不见了,
忠信的人在人间消失了。
人人谎话连篇,
花言巧语,口是心非。
愿你铲除一切花言巧语和狂妄自夸的人。
他们说:“我们必靠舌头制胜,
嘴唇是我们自己的,
谁管得着我们?”
耶和华说:“我要保护受欺压的困苦人和哀叹的贫穷人,
使他们如愿以偿。”
耶和华的应许纯全,
就像在炉中炼过七次的银子。
耶和华啊,你必保护我们,
永远不容恶人侵害我们。
众人若抑善扬恶,
恶人必横行无忌。

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.