1For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
1（大衛的詩，交與伶長。調用第八。）耶和華啊，求你幫助，因虔誠人斷絕了；世人中間的忠信人沒有了。
2They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
2人人向鄰舍說謊；他們說話，是嘴唇油滑，心口不一。
3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
3凡油滑的嘴唇和誇大的舌頭，耶和華必要剪除。
4Who have said, 'With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'
4他們曾說：我們必能以舌頭得勝；我們的嘴唇是我們自己的，誰能作我們的主呢？
5'Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,' says the LORD; 'I will set him in the safety for which he longs.'
5耶和華說：因為困苦人的冤屈和貧窮人的歎息，我現在要起來，把他安置在他所切慕的穩妥之地。
6The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
6耶和華的言語是純淨的言語，如同銀子在泥爐中煉過七次。
7You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever.
7耶和華啊，你必保護他們；你必保佑他們永遠脫離這世代的人。
8The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
8下流人在世人中升高，就有惡人到處遊行。