Mga Awit 12

1Tumulong ka, Panginoon, sapagka't ang banal na tao ay nalilipol; sapagka't nagkukulang ng tapat sa gitna ng mga anak ng mga tao. 2Sila'y nangagsasalitaan bawa't isa ng kabulaanan, sa kanikaniyang kapuwa: na may mapanuyang labi, at may giring pulang puso na nangagsasalita. 3Ihihiwalay ng Panginoon, ang lahat na mapanuyang labi, ang dila na nagsasalita ng mga dakilang bagay: 4Na nagsipagsabi, sa pamamagitan ng aming dila ay magsisipanaig kami; ang aming mga labi ay aming sarili: sino ang panginoon sa amin? 5Dahil sa pagsamsam sa dukha, dahil sa buntong hininga ng mapagkailangan, titindig nga ako, sabi ng Panginoon; ilalagay ko siya sa kaligtasang kaniyang pinagmimithian. 6Ang mga salita ng Panginoon ay mga dalisay na salita; na gaya ng pilak na sinubok sa hurno sa lupa, na makapitong dinalisay. 7Iyong iingatan sila, Oh Panginoon, iyong pakaingatan sila mula sa lahing ito magpakailan man. 8Ang masama ay naggala saa't saan man. Pagka ang kapariwaraan ay natataas sa gitna ng mga anak ng mga tao.

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.