Psalm 12

1 [Psalm lal David] O LEUM GOD, kasrekut! Wangin sie mwet wo lula, Ac mwet suwoswos tia ku in sifilpa koneyukyak.

To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

2 Mwet nukewa kikiap nu sin sie sin sie; Elos kiapu sie sin sie ke kaskas in aklukuk.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

3 O LEUM GOD, kutongya loh ma kaskas in aklukuk inge, Ac kaliya oalin mwet filang su fahk mu,

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,

4 “Ke kas na lasr kut eis ma kut lungse. Kut ac fahk na ma kut lungse fahk, Ac wangin mwet ku in kutongkuti.”

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who [is] lord over us?

5 LEUM GOD El fahk, “Inge nga ac fah tuyak, Ke sripen mwet enenu elos akkeokyeyuk, Ac mwet kalyeiyuk elos keoklana. Nga ac sang molela nu selos oana elos kena kac.”

Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.

6 Wulela lun LEUM GOD nasnas ac fal in lulalfongiyuk; Wulela lal nasnas oana silver Ma liklikiyuki pacl itkosr ke funyu in aknasnas.

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

7 LEUM GOD, kom fah karinginkutme; Kom fah liyekutyang liki kain mwet inge.

Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 Mwet koluk uh oasr yen nukewa Ac mwet nukewa kaksakinna ma koluk uh.

The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.