New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 12

God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

For the choir director; Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

1Helpהוֹשִׁ֣יעָהho.Shi.'ahH3467, Lordיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068, forthe godlyH2623manH2623ceasesגָמַ֣רga.MarH1584to be,For the faithfulH539disappearפַ֥סּוּFa.suH6461from among the sonsמִבְּנֵ֥יmi.be.NeiH1121of menאָדָֽם׃'a.DamH120.

2Theyspeakיְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ye.da.be.RuH1696falsehoodשָׁ֤וְא׀shav'H7723to oneאִ֤ישׁ'ishH376anotherרֵ֫עֵ֥הוּre.'E.huH7453; Withflatteringחֲלָק֑וֹתcha.la.KotH2513lipsשְׂפַ֥תse.FatH8193and with a doubleבְּלֵ֖בbe.LevH3820heartוָלֵ֣בva.LevH3820they speakיְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ye.da.Be.ruH1696.

3May the Lordיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068cutיַכְרֵ֣תyakh.RetH3772offH3772allכָּל־kol-H3605flatteringH2513lipsH8193,The tongueלָ֝שׁ֗וֹןla.ShonH3956thatspeaksH1696greatגְּדֹלֽוֹת׃ge.do.LotH1419thingsH1419;

4Whoאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834have saidאָֽמְר֨וּ׀'a.me.RuH559, “With our tongueH3956we will prevailנַ֭גְבִּירNag.birH1396;Our lipsH8193areour own; whoמִ֖יmiH4310is lordאָד֣וֹן'a.DonH113over us?”

5“BecauseH4480of thedevastationמִשֹּׁ֥דmi.ShodH7701of the afflictedעֲנִיִּים֮'a.ni.YimH6041,becauseH4480of the groaningמֵאַנְקַ֪תme.'an.KatH603of the needyאֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥ים'ev.Yo.NimH34,Nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258I will ariseאָ֭קוּם'A.kumH6965,”saysH559the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; “I willsetאָשִׁ֥ית'a.ShitH7896him in the safetyבְּ֝יֵ֗שַׁעbe.Ye.sha'H3468for which he longsיָפִ֥יחַֽya.Fi.achH6315.”

6Thewordsאִֽמֲר֣וֹת'i.ma.RotH565of the LordH3068are pureטְהֹ֫ר֥וֹתte.Ho.RotH2889wordsאֲמָר֪וֹת'a.ma.RotH565;As silverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701triedצָ֭רוּףTza.rufH6884in a furnaceבַּעֲלִ֣ילba.'a.LilH5948on the earthלָאָ֑רֶץla.'A.retzH776,refinedמְ֝זֻקָּ֗קme.zu.KakH2212sevenH7659timesH7659.

7You, O LordH3068,will keepתִּשְׁמְרֵ֑םtish.me.RemH8104them; You willpreserveתִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ׀ti.tze.Re.nuH5341him from thisז֣וּzuH2098generationהַדּ֖וֹרha.DorH1755foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769.

8Thewickedרְשָׁעִ֥יםre.sha.'ImH7563strutיִתְהַלָּכ֑וּןyit.ha.la.KhunH1980about on everyH5439sideH5439Whenvilenessזֻ֝לּ֗וּתzu.LutH2149is exaltedכְּרֻ֥םke.RumH7311among the sonsלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121of menאָדָֽם׃'a.DamH120.

God, a Helper against the Treacherous.

For the choir director; Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

Commentaries on Psalms 12