1大卫的诗，交给诗班长，调用“舍尼”。耶和华啊！求你施行拯救，因为虔诚人没有了，在世人中的信实人也不见了。
1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2他们彼此说谎，用谄媚的嘴唇说话，口是心非。
2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3愿耶和华剪除一切说谄媚话的嘴唇，和说夸大话的舌头。
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4他们曾说：“我们必能以舌头取胜；我们的嘴唇是自己的，谁能作我们的主呢？”
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5耶和华说：“因为困苦人的冤屈和贫穷人的叹息，我现在要起来，把他们安置在他们渴望的稳妥之中。”
5For 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耶和华的言语是纯净的言语，好像银子在泥炉中炼过，精炼过七次一样。
6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7耶和华啊！求你保守我们（“我们”有古抄本作“他们”），保护我们（“我们”有古抄本作“他们”）永远脱离这世代的人。
7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8恶人到处横行，邪恶在世人中被高举。
8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.