Psalm 12
The Message
12 1-2 Quick, God, I need your helping hand!
The last decent person just went down,
All the friends I depended on gone.
Everyone talks in lie language;
Lies slide off their oily lips.
They doubletalk with forked tongues.
3-4 Slice their lips off their faces! Pull
The braggart tongues from their mouths!
I’m tired of hearing, “We can talk anyone into anything!
Our lips manage the world.”
5 Into the hovels of the poor,
Into the dark streets where the homeless groan, God speaks:
“I’ve had enough; I’m on my way
To heal the ache in the heart of the wretched.”
6-8 God’s words are pure words,
Pure silver words refined seven times
In the fires of his word-kiln,
Pure on earth as well as in heaven.
God, keep us safe from their lies,
From the wicked who stalk us with lies,
From the wicked who collect honors
For their wonderful lies.
诗篇 12
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
祈求 神保护脱离是非
大卫的诗,交给诗班长,调用“舍明尼”。
12 耶和华啊!求你施行拯救,因为虔诚人没有了,
在世人中的信实人也不见了。
2 他们彼此说谎,
用谄媚的嘴唇说话,口是心非。
3 愿耶和华剪除一切说谄媚话的嘴唇,
和说夸大话的舌头。
4 他们曾说:“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,把他们安置在他们渴望的稳妥之中。”
6 耶和华的言语是纯净的言语,
好象银子在泥炉中炼过,精炼过七次一样。
7 耶和华啊!求你保守我们,
保护我们(《马索拉文本》,“我们……我们”作“他们……他”;现参照其他抄本及《七十士译本》翻译)永远脱离这世代的人。
8 恶人到处横行,
邪恶在世人中被高举。
Psalm 12
New International Version
Psalm 12[a]
For the director of music. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.
1 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(A)
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 Everyone lies(B) to their neighbor;
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.(C)
3 May the Lord silence all flattering lips(D)
and every boastful tongue—(E)
4 those who say,
“By our tongues we will prevail;(F)
our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
- Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth
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