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Psalms · Chapter 12

תהלים י"ב
א׳ לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַשְּׁמִינִ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃
1 For the leader; on the sheminith. A psalm of David.
1 For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
ב׳ הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הוָה כִּי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃
2 Help, O LORD!
For the faithful are no more;
the loyal have vanished from among men.
2 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
ג׳ שָׁ֤וְא ׀ יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת־רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ שְׂפַ֥ת חֲלָק֑וֹת בְּלֵ֖ב וָלֵ֣ב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃
3 Men speak lies to one another;
their speech is smooth;
they talk with duplicity.
3 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
ד׳ יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָק֑וֹת לָ֝שׁ֗וֹן מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃
4 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
every tongue that speaks arrogance.
4 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh proud things!
ה׳ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ מִ֖י אָד֣וֹן לָֽנוּ׃
5 They say, “By our tongues we shall prevail;
with lips such as ours, who can be our master?”
5 Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; Our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
ו׳ מִשֹּׁ֥ד עֲנִיִּים֮ מֵאַנְקַ֪ת אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥ים עַתָּ֣ה אָ֭קוּם יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ית בְּ֝יֵ֗שַׁע יָפִ֥יחַֽ לֽוֹ׃
6 “Because of the groans of the plundered poor and needy,
I will now act,” says the LORD.
“I will give help,” He affirms to him.
6 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.' .
ז׳ אִֽמֲר֣וֹת יְהוָה֮ אֲמָר֪וֹת טְהֹ֫ר֥וֹת כֶּ֣סֶף צָ֭רוּף בַּעֲלִ֣יל לָאָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃
7 The words of the LORD are pure words,
silver purged in an earthen crucible,
refined sevenfold.
7 The words of the LORD are pure words, As silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
ח׳ אַתָּֽה־יְהוָ֥ה תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ ׀ מִן־הַדּ֖וֹר ז֣וּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃
8 You, O LORD, will keep them,
guarding each from this age evermore.
8 Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.
ט׳ סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃
9 On every side the wicked roam
when baseness is exalted among men.
9 The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.