1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 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 from him that puffeth at him.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
1 耶和华啊! 求你施行拯救, 因为虔诚人没有了, 在世人中的信实人也不见了。
2 他们彼此说谎, 用谄媚的嘴唇说话, 口是心非。
3 愿耶和华剪除一切说谄媚话的嘴唇, 和说夸大话的舌头。
4 他们曾说: "我们必能以舌头取胜; 我们的嘴唇是自己的, 谁能作我们的主呢?"
5 耶和华说: "因为困苦人的冤屈和贫穷人的叹息, 我现在要起来, 把他们安置在他们渴望的稳妥之中。"
6 耶和华的言语是纯净的言语, 好像银子在泥炉中炼过, 精炼过七次一样。
7 耶和华啊! 求你保守我们("我们"有古抄本作"他们"), 保护我们("我们"有古抄本作"他们")永远脱离这世代的人。
8 恶人到处横行, 邪恶在世人中被高举。