Salmos 12
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Oración que pide ayuda contra los malvados
Al músico principal. Sobre Seminit. Salmo de David.
12 ¡Sálvanos, Señor, pues ya no hay gente piadosa!
¡Ya no hay en este mundo gente fiel!
2 Unos a otros se dicen mentiras;
se hablan con labios zalameros e hipócritas.
3 Pero tú, Señor, destruirás todos esos labios;
acabarás con toda lengua jactanciosa,
4 que dice: «Con nuestra lengua venceremos.
Con los labios que tenemos, ¿quién puede dominarnos?»
5 Tú, Señor, has dicho:
«Tanto se oprime a los pobres,
y es tanto el clamor de los humildes,
que ahora voy a levantarme
para acudir en su ayuda.»
6 Las palabras del Señor son puras.
Son perfectamente puras,
como la plata refinada en el crisol!
7 Tú, Señor, nos protegerás;
nos salvarás para siempre de esta generación,
8 aun cuando los malvados estén al acecho
y la humanidad siga exaltando la vileza.
Psalm 12
New King James Version
Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy
To the Chief Musician. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.
12 Help,[b] Lord, for the godly man (B)ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 (C)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and [c]a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord [d]cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaks [e]proud things,
4 Who have said,
“With our tongue we will 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 I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
6 The words of the Lord are (D)pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.
7 You shall keep them, O Lord,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
8 The wicked prowl on every side,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:1 Heb. sheminith
- Psalm 12:1 Save
- Psalm 12:2 An inconsistent mind
- Psalm 12:3 destroy
- Psalm 12:3 great
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