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。

¹To the Overseer, on the octave. — A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

²他们彼此说谎，用谄媚的嘴唇说话，口是心非。

²Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart 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。

³Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great 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 said, `By our tongue we do mightily: 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。”

⁵Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it.

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。

⁶Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

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, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

⁸恶人到处横行，邪恶在世人中被高举。

⁸Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!