1 Veisuunjohtajalle; matalassa äänialassa; Daavidin virsi. (H12:2) Auta, Herra, sillä hurskaat ovat hävinneet, uskolliset ovat kadonneet ihmislasten joukosta.

2 (H12:3) He puhuvat valhetta toinen toisellensa, puhuvat liukkain huulin, kaksimielisin sydämin.

3 (H12:4) Hävittäköön Herra kaikki liukkaat huulet, kielen, joka kerskuen puhuu,

6 (H12:7) Herran sanat ovat selkeitä sanoja, hopeata, joka kirkkaana valuu sulattimesta maahan, seitsenkertaisesti puhdistettua.

7 (H12:8) Sinä, Herra, varjelet heitä, suojelet hänet iäti tältä sukukunnalta.

8 (H12:9) Yltympäri jumalattomat rehentelevät, kun kataluus pääsee valtaan ihmislasten seassa.

For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.

For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2 Everyone lies to his neighbor.

They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,

and the tongue that boasts,

4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail.

Our lips are our own.

Who is lord over us?"

5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,

I will now arise," says Yahweh;

"I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

6 Yahweh’s words are flawless words,

as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

7 You will keep them, Yahweh.

You will preserve them from this generation forever.

8 The wicked walk on every side,

when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.