시편 12

1여호와여 도우소서 경건한 자가 끊어지며 충실한 자가 인생 중에 없어지도소이다 2저희가 이웃에게 각기 거짓말을 말함이여 아첨하는 입술과 두 마음으로 말하는도다 3여호와께서 모든 아첨하는 입술과 자랑하는 혀를 끊으시리니 4저희가 말하기를 우리의 혀로 이길지라 우리 입술은 우리 것이니 우리를 주관할 자 누구리요 함이로다 5여호와의 말씀에 가련한 자의 눌림과 궁핍한 자의 탄식을 인하여 내가 이제 일어나 저를 그 원하는 안전 지대에 두리라 하시도다 6여호와의 말씀은 순결함이여 흙 도가니에 일곱 번 단련한 은 같도다 7여호와여 저희를 지키사 이 세대로부터 영영토록 보존하시리이다 8비루함이 인생 중에 높아지는 때에 악인이 처처에 횡행하는도다

1Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. 3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, 4who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?” 5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.” 6Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. 7You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever. 8The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

1Een psalm van David, voor den opperzangmeester, op de Scheminith. 2Behoud, o HEERE; want de goedertierene ontbreekt, want de getrouwen zijn weinig geworden onder de mensenkinderen. 3Zij spreken valsheid, een ieder met zijn naaste, met vleiende lippen; zij spreken met een dubbel hart. 4De HEERE snijde af alle vleiende lippen, de grootsprekende tong. 5Die daar zeggen: Wij zullen de overhand hebben met onze tong; onze lippen zijn onze! Wie is heer over ons? 6Om de verwoesting der ellendigen, om het kermen der nooddruftigen, zal Ik nu opstaan, zegt de HEERE; Ik zal in behoudenis zetten, dien hij aanblaast. 7De redenen des HEEREN zijn reine redenen, zilver, gelouterd in een aarden smeltkroes, gezuiverd zevenmaal. 8Gij, HEERE, zult hen bewaren; Gij zult hen behoeden voor dit geslacht, tot in eeuwigheid. De goddelozen draven rondom, wanneer de snoodsten van des mensenkinderen verhoogd worden.