For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.

For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 Everyone lies to his neighbor.

They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,

and the tongue that boasts,

4 who 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."

6 Yahweh’s words are flawless words,

as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

7 You will keep them, Yahweh.

You will preserve them from this generation forever.

8 The wicked walk on every side,

when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

大卫的诗，交给诗班长，调用"舍明尼"。 1 耶和华啊！求你施行拯救，因为虔诚人没有了，

在世人中的信实人也不见了。

2 他们彼此说谎，

用谄媚的嘴唇说话，口是心非。

3 愿耶和华剪除一切说谄媚话的嘴唇，

和说夸大话的舌头。

4 他们曾说："我们必能以舌头取胜；

我们的嘴唇是自己的，谁能作我们的主呢？"

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，把他们安置在他们渴望的稳妥之中。"

6 耶和华的言语是纯净的言语，

好象银子在泥炉中炼过，精炼过七次一样。

7 耶和华啊！求你保守我们，

保护我们*《马索拉文本》，"我们……我们"作"他们……他"；现参照其他抄本及《七十士译本》翻译永远脱离这世代的人。

8 恶人到处横行，

邪恶在世人中被高举。