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大卫的诗,交与歌咏长;调用第八音。
 -   12:1 Save, O Jehovah; for the faithful man is no more, For the trustworthy have vanished from among the sons of men.
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耶和华阿,求你拯救,因虔诚人断绝了,忠信人已经从世人中间消失了。
 -   12:2 Each man speaks falsehood with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
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人人向邻舍说虚谎的话;他们说话,是嘴唇油滑,心口不一。
 -   12:3 May Jehovah cut off all the flattering lips, The tongue speaking great things,
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凡油滑的嘴唇,说夸大话的舌头,愿耶和华剪除;
 -   12:4 Those who said, With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own: Who is our lord?
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他们曾说,我们必能以舌头得胜;我们的嘴唇是我们自己的;谁能作我们的主呢?
 -   12:5 Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah; I will set him in the safety that he longs for.
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耶和华说,因为困苦人所受的蹂躏,因为穷乏人的叹息,我现在要起来,把他安置在他所切慕的稳妥之地。
 -   12:6 The words of Jehovah are pure words, Silver refined in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
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耶和华的言语,是纯净的言语,如同地上炉中炼过的银子,精炼过七次。
 -   12:7 You, O Jehovah, will keep them; You will guard them from this generation forever.
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耶和华阿,你必保守他们;你必护卫他们永远脱离这世代的人。
 -   12:8 The wicked go about all around, While vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
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卑贱的事在世人中被高举,恶人就到处游行。