Psalm 12
GOD’S WORD Translation
For the choir director; on the sheminith; a psalm by David.
12 Help, O Lord.
No godly person is left.
Faithful people have vanished from among Adam’s descendants!
2 All people speak foolishly.
They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.
3 May the Lord cut off every flattering lip
and every bragging tongue
4 that has said,
“We will overcome with our tongues.
With lips such as ours, who can be our master?”
5 “Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan,
I will now arise,” says the Lord.
“I will provide safety for those who long for it.”
6 The promises of the Lord are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.
7 O Lord, you will protect them.
You will keep each one safe from those people forever.
8 Wicked people parade around
when immorality increases among Adam’s descendants.
Psalm 12
English Standard Version
The Faithful Have Vanished
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.
12 Save, O Lord, for (A)the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone (B)utters lies to his neighbor;
with (C)flattering lips and (D)a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all (E)flattering lips,
the tongue that makes (F)great boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because (G)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
(H)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the (I)safety for which he longs.”
6 (J)The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us[b] from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 12:7 Or guard him
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.
Psaltaren 12
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Klagan över växande ondska
12 För körledaren, till sheminít.[a]
En psalm av David.
2 (A) Fräls, Herre!
De fromma är borta,
de trofasta är försvunna
bland människors barn.
3 (B) De ljuger för varandra,
de talar med hala läppar
och dubbelt hjärta.
4 (C) Herre, utrota alla hala läppar
och tungan som talar stora ord,
5 (D) dem som säger:
"Med vår tunga har vi makt,
våra läppar är med oss.
Vem är herre över oss?"[b]
6 (E) "De svaga förtrycks
och de fattiga klagar –
nu griper jag in", säger Herren,
"jag ska ge frälsning
åt den som längtar efter det[c]."
7 (F) Herrens ord är rena ord,
silver luttrat i degel av jord,
renat sju gånger.
8 Du, Herre, ska bevara dem,
du ska för evigt beskydda dem[d]
från detta släkte.
9 Runt omkring går gudlösa fram,
när det usla hålls högt
bland människors barn.
Footnotes
- 12:1 sheminít Musikalisk term, ordagrant "den åttonde". Antingen en åttasträngad lyra eller en lägre basoktav (i 1 Krön 15:20-21 kontrasterat mot alamót, ev sopran).
- 12:5 tunga … läppar Båda dessa ord kan användas i betydelsen "språk".
- 12:6 den som längtar efter det Annan översättning: "den som blir föraktad".
- 12:8 beskydda dem Andra handskrifter (så Septuaginta): "beskydda oss".
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