Salmos 12

1 (For the one directing. According to the Sheminit. Mizmor Dovid)

2 Help, Hashem; for the chasid is no more;

for the emunim (faithful ones) vanish from among Bnei Adam.

3 They speak vanity every one with his re’a (neighbor);

with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

4 Hashem shall cut off all flattering lips,

and the leshon that speaketh gedolot;

5 Who have said, With leshoneinu (our tongue) will we prevail;

our lips are our own: who is Adon over us?

6 For the oppression of the aniyim,

for the groaning of the needy,

now will I arise, saith Hashem;

I will set him in safety from him that sneers at him.

7 The words of Hashem are amarot tehorot (pure words);

as kesef refined in the furnace on the earth,

purified seven times.

8 Thou shalt be shomer over them, Hashem,

Thou shalt preserve him*12:8 See Ps 12:5 [6] from this generation forever.

9 The resha’im strut on every side,

when the vilest among the Bnei Adam are exalted.