Salmos 12

Leuens heers onder die mense; God is waarheid.

1 VIR die musiekleier; met basstem. 'n Psalm van Dawid.

2 Red, o Here, want daar is geen vrome meer nie; want die getroues het verdwyn onder die mensekinders.

3 Hulle praat leuens, die een met die ander; met vleiende lippe spreek hulle dubbelhartig.

4 Mag die Here al die vleiende lippe uitroei, die tong wat grootpraat,

5 hulle wat sê: Met ons tong is ons sterk; ons lippe is met ons! Wie is heer oor ons?

6 Oor die verdrukking van die ellendiges, oor die gesug van die behoeftiges sal Ek nou opstaan, sê die Here; Ek sal hom in veiligheid stel wat daarna smag.

7 Die woorde van die Here is rein woorde, silwer wat gelouter is in 'n smeltkroes in die aarde, gesuiwer sewe maal.

8 U, o Here, sal hulle bewaar; U sal ons bewaar van hierdie geslag vir ewig.

9 Die goddelose draf rond as laagheid die oorhand kry by die mensekinders.

For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

1 Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth;

For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor:

With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,

The tongue that speaketh great things;

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;

Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,

Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;

I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

6 The words of Jehovah are pure words;

As silver tried in a furnace on the earth,

Purified seven times.

7 Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah,

Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 The wicked walk on every side,

When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.