Mga Awit 12
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Panalangin Upang Tulungan ng Diyos
Katha ni David upang awitin ng Punong Mang-aawit: sa saliw ng Sheminit.[a]
12 O Yahweh, kami sana'y iligtas mo! Pagkat wala na ngayong mabuting tao,
wala nang taong tapat at totoo.
2 Nagsisinungaling silang lahat sa isa't isa,
nagkukunwari at nagdadayaan sila.
3 Patigilin mo, Yahweh, ang madaldal na dila,
at sarhan ang bibig ng hambog magsalita;
4 silang laging nagsasabi,
“Kami'y magsasalita ng nais namin;
at sa gusto nami'y walang makakapigil!”
5 “Darating na ako,” sabi ni Yahweh,
“Upang saklolohan ang mga inaapi.
Sa pinag-uusig na walang magkupkop,
hangad nilang tulong ay ipagkakaloob!”
6 Ang mga pangako ni Yahweh ay maaasahan,
ang katulad nila'y pilak na lantay;
tinunaw sa hurnong hinukay, pitong beses na pinadalisay.
7 Kami, Yahweh, ay lagi mong ingatan,
sa ganitong mga tao ay huwag pabayaan;
8 Ang masasamang tao'y nasa lahat ng lugar,
ang mga gawang liko ay ikinararangal!
Footnotes
- Mga Awit 12:1 SHEMINIT: Ang kahulugan ng salitang ito'y maaaring tumutukoy sa isang uri ng instrumentong may walong kuwerdas.
Psalm 12
Expanded Bible
A Prayer Against Liars
For the director of music. Upon the ·sheminith [L eighth; C a reference to an eight-stringed instrument or possibly the manner of singing]. A psalm of David.
12 Save me, Lord, because the ·good [faithful; godly; covenantal; loyal] people are all gone;
·no true believers are left on earth [L the faithful have vanished among humanity].
2 Everyone ·lies [L speaks falsehood] to his neighbors;
they ·say one thing and mean another [speak with flattering lips and with a double heart/L heart and heart].
3 The Lord will ·stop [L cut off] those flattering lips
and those bragging tongues.
4 They say, “Our tongues will ·help us win [prevail].
·We can say what we wish [L Our lips belong to us]; ·no one [L who…?] is our master.”
5 But the Lord says,
“I will now rise up,
because the ·poor [weak] are ·being hurt [destroyed; plundered; oppressed].
Because of the ·moans [groans; sighs] of the ·helpless [needy],
I will give them the ·help [victory] they ·want [long for].”
6 The Lord’s ·words [or promises] are ·pure [flawless],
like silver ·purified [refined] ·by fire [or in a furnace],
·purified [refined] seven times over [18:30; 119:140].
7 Lord, you will ·keep us safe [L guard/protect them];
you will always ·protect [guard] us from such ·people [a generation].
8 But the wicked ·are [L walk] all around us;
·everyone loves what is wrong [L what is vile is lifted up among the sons of man/humanity].
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