Psalms 12

1 Help, Jehovah, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.

in finem pro octava psalmus David salvum me fac Domine quoniam defecit sanctus quoniam deminutae sunt veritates a filiis hominum

2 They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

vana locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum labia dolosa in corde et corde locuti sunt

3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things,

disperdat Dominus universa labia dolosa linguam magniloquam

4 who have said, With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?

qui dixerunt linguam nostram magnificabimus labia nostra a nobis sunt quis noster dominus est

5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says Jehovah. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

propter miseriam inopum et gemitum pauperum nunc exsurgam dicit Dominus ponam in salutari fiducialiter agam in eo

6 The words of Jehovah are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.

eloquia Domini eloquia casta argentum igne examinatum probatum terrae purgatum septuplum

7 Thou will keep them, O Jehovah. Thou will preserve them from this generation forever.

tu Domine servabis nos et custodies nos a generatione hac et in aeternum

8 The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

in circuitu impii ambulant secundum altitudinem tuam multiplicasti filios hominum