1{Načelniku godbe; za globoke glasove. Psalm Davidov.} Pomagaj, GOSPOD, ker preminil je dobrodelnik, ker izginila so zvesta srca izmed sinov človeških.
1Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2Lažnivost govoré drug z drugim, s priliznjenimi ustnami in z dvojnim srcem govoré.
2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
3GOSPOD pokonča vse priliznjene ustne in jezik, ki bahavo govori,
3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
4nje, ki govore: Našega jezika moč obvelja, ustne naše so v naši oblasti; kdo bi nam bil gospodar?
4who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
5Zavoljo zatiranja ubožcev, zavoljo zdihovanja revežev vstanem sedaj, govori GOSPOD; na varno postavim njega, ki po tem koprni.
5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
6Besede GOSPODOVE so čiste besede, kakor srebro, očiščeno v topilni peči na zemlji, osnaženo sedemkrat.
6The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
7Ti, GOSPOD, ohraniš uboge, branil jih boš tega rodu na veke.Brezbožni šopirno hodijo vseokrog, ko se povzdiguje malopridnost med človeškimi otroki.
7You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever.
8Brezbožni šopirno hodijo vseokrog, ko se povzdiguje malopridnost med človeškimi otroki.
8The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.