Psalms Chapter 12
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לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַשְּׁמִינִ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃
To the chief Musician upon the Sheminit, A Psalm of David.
For the conductor, on the eight-stringed lyre, a psalm of David.
הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הֹוָה כִּֽי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Help me, O L rd, for the saintly one has ceased [from the world], for the faithful have ended from the sons of men [(All of them spy upon me and reveal my hiding places to Saul)].
שָׁ֤וְא**׀** יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת־רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ שְׂפַ֥ת חֲלָק֑וֹת בְּלֵ֖ב וָלֵ֣ב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃
They speak vanity every one with his fellow: with flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
Falsely does one man speak with another, with smoothed-over lips. With [one] heart [do they think] and [with another] heart speak.
יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הֹוָה כׇּל־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָק֑וֹת לָ֝שׁ֗וֹן מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks proud things:
Let the L rd cut off all smoothed-over lips; the tongue that speaks great things [in order to deceive].
אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָמְר֨וּ**׀** לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ מִ֖י אָד֣וֹן לָֽנוּ׃
who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
["Let the L rd cut off"] those who say: With our tongues will we prevail; our lips are with us; Who can overmaster us?
מִשֹּׁ֥ד עֲנִיִּים֮ מֵאֶנְקַ֢ת אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥ים עַתָּ֣ה אָ֭קוּם יֹאמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ית בְּ֝יֵ֗שַׁע יָפִ֥יחַֽ־לֽוֹ׃
For the violence done to the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord; I will set him in safety at whom they hiss.
Because of the spoil of the poor [(at their hands)], because of the groans of the impoverished, shall I now arise, says the L rd. "I will come to [your] aid," shall He say to him [(the afflicted one)].
אִ֥מְר֣וֹת יְהֹוָה֮ אֲמָר֢וֹת טְהֹ֫ר֥וֹת כֶּ֣סֶף צָ֭רוּף בַּעֲלִ֣יל לָאָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃
The words of the Lord are pure words: silver refined in a furnace upon the ground, purified seven times.
The words of the L rd [(unlike those of men)] are pure words [(clear and enduring)], silver refined in [a crucible made of] the upper crust [(i.e., the finest)] of the earth, seven times purified.
אַתָּֽה־יְהֹוָ֥ה תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ**׀** מִן־הַדּ֖וֹר ז֣וּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃
Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, Thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever.
You, O L rd, shall keep them [the poor]; You shall guard them from [the pursuit of the slanderers of] this generation forever.
סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃{פ}
The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
The wicked walk roundabout [me to plant snares to entrap me] in [envy of] the exaltation [to kingship] of the basest of men [viz. 118:22].