第12章
§1
* 第 12 篇
* 求助的祈祷
* 大卫的诗，交与伶长。调用第八
* 求助的祈祷
* 大卫的诗，交与伶长。调用第八
§2
* 诗12:1 耶和华啊，求你帮助，因虔诚人断绝了；世人中间的忠信人没有了。
§3
*Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
§4
* 诗12:2 人人向邻舍说谎；他们说话，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。
§5
*They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
§6
* 诗12:3 凡油滑的嘴唇和夸大的舌头，耶和华必要剪除。
§7
*The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
§8
* 诗12:4 他们曾说：我们必能以舌头得胜；我们的嘴唇是我们自己的，谁能作我们的主呢？
§9
*Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
§10
* 诗12:5 耶和华说：因为困苦人的冤屈和贫穷人的叹息，我现在要起来，把他安置在他所切慕的稳妥之地。
§11
*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.
§12
* 诗12:6 耶和华的言语是纯净的言语，如同银子在泥炉中炼过七次。
§13
*The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
§14
* 诗12:7 耶和华啊，你必保护他们；你必保佑他们永远脱离这世代的人。
§15
*Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
§16
* 诗12:8 下流人在世人中升高，就有恶人到处游行。
§17
*The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.