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12 Tumulong ka, Panginoon, sapagka't ang banal na tao ay nalilipol; sapagka't nagkukulang ng tapat sa gitna ng mga anak ng mga tao.

Sila'y nangagsasalitaan bawa't isa ng kabulaanan, sa kanikaniyang kapuwa: na may mapanuyang labi, at may giring pulang puso na nangagsasalita.

Ihihiwalay ng Panginoon, ang lahat na mapanuyang labi, ang dila na nagsasalita ng mga dakilang bagay:

Na nagsipagsabi, sa pamamagitan ng aming dila ay magsisipanaig kami; ang aming mga labi ay aming sarili: sino ang panginoon sa amin?

Dahil sa pagsamsam sa dukha, dahil sa buntong hininga ng mapagkailangan, titindig nga ako, sabi ng Panginoon; ilalagay ko siya sa kaligtasang kaniyang pinagmimithian.

Ang mga salita ng Panginoon ay mga dalisay na salita; na gaya ng pilak na sinubok sa hurno sa lupa, na makapitong dinalisay.

Iyong iingatan sila, Oh Panginoon, iyong pakaingatan sila mula sa lahing ito magpakailan man.

Ang masama ay naggala saa't saan man. Pagka ang kapariwaraan ay natataas sa gitna ng mga anak ng mga tao.

Psalm 12[a]

For the director of music. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(A)
    those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
Everyone lies(B) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(C)

May the Lord silence all flattering lips(D)
    and every boastful tongue—(E)
those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(F)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

“Because the poor are plundered(G) and the needy groan,(H)
    I will now arise,(I)” says the Lord.
    “I will protect them(J) from those who malign them.”
And the words of the Lord are flawless,(K)
    like silver purified(L) in a crucible,(M)
    like gold[c] refined seven times.

You, Lord, will keep the needy safe(N)
    and will protect us forever from the wicked,(O)
who freely strut(P) about
    when what is vile is honored by the human race.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
  2. Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term
  3. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.

12 Save, O Lord, for (A)the godly one is gone;
    for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Everyone (B)utters lies to his neighbor;
    with (C)flattering lips and (D)a double heart they speak.

May the Lord cut off all (E)flattering lips,
    the tongue that makes (F)great boasts,
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
    our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

“Because (G)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
    (H)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
    “I will place him in the (I)safety for which he longs.”
(J)The words of the Lord are pure words,
    like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
    purified seven times.

You, O Lord, will keep them;
    you will guard us[b] from this generation forever.
On every side the wicked prowl,
    as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 12:7 Or guard him