Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
시편 12
개요
다윗이 신실한 자들이 사라지고 거짓말하는 자들이 판치는 시대를 탄식한다. 하나님이 신음하는 가난한 자들을 위해 일어나겠다고 약속하신다. 하나님의 말씀은 일곱 번 정련된 순은처럼 순수하다. 인류 가운데 비열함이 끊이지 않는다고 한탄하며 마무리된다.
Key Verses
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Full Text
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.