Psalms 12

1 For the music director. To the Sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, Lord, for all the good people have gone! Those who trust in you have disappeared from among the people on earth.

Pomagaj, Gospode; jer nesta svetijeh, jer je malo vjernijeh meðu sinovima èovjeèijim.

2 Everyone lies to their neighbors. They flatter with nice talk, but they don't mean what they say.

Laž govore jedan drugome, usnama lažljivijem govore iz srca dvolièna.

3 Stop their flattery, Lord, and silence their boasts—

Istrijebiæe Gospod sva usta lažljiva, jezik velièavi,

4 these people who say, “We will succeed through what we say; our mouths belong to us. We don't take orders from anyone!”

Ljude, koji govore: jezikom smo jaki, usta su naša u nas, ko je gospodar nad nama?

5 “Because of the violence the helpless have suffered, and because of the groans of the poor, I will rise up to defend them,” says the Lord. “I will give them the protection they have been longing for.”

Videæi stradanje nevoljnih i uzdisanje ništih, sad æu ustati, veli Gospod, i izbaviti onoga kome zlobe.

6 What the Lord says is trustworthy, as pure as silver refined seven times in a furnace.

Rijeèi su Gospodnje rijeèi èiste, srebro u vatri oèišæeno od zemlje, sedam puta pretopljeno.

7 You, Lord will keep the oppressed safe; you will protect us from these kinds of people forever;

Ti æeš nas, Gospode, odbraniti, i saèuvati nas od roda ovoga dovijeka.

8 even though the wicked are all around us, and evil is being promoted everywhere.

Bezbožnici idu naokolo; kad se oni podižu, sramote se sinovi èovjeèiji.