Dievs lai uztur savus taisnos ļaudis
1 Korvedim. Astoņu stīgu pavadījumā. Dāvida psalms .
2 Paglāb, Kungs, jo uzticīgo trūkst,
jo ticīgie zuduši starp cilvēku dēliem.
3 Viens otram tie niekus melš
ar lišķa lūpām, ar divkoša sirdi.
4 Iznīdēs Kungs lišķu lūpas,
mēles, kas lielību runā,
5 kas saka: ar mēli gūsim!
Lūpas mums kust –
kurš pār mums kungs?
6 Dēļ nabagu posta, dēļ bēduļu kunkstiem
nu es celšos, saka Kungs,
un paglābšu tos, kas pēc tā šņukst!
7 Kunga vārdi ir šķīsti vārdi
kā sudrabs, kas kausēts podā,
no rūdām septiņkārt tīrīts.
8 Tu, Kungs, uzmani tos,
tu pasargi mūs no šī dzimuma mūžam.
9 Pa malu malām ļaundari pajuks,
nāks godā, kas nievāts starp cilvēku dēliem.
A Prayer for Help
1 Help us, Lord!
There is not a good person left;
honest people can no longer be found.
2 All of them lie to one another;
they deceive each other with flattery.
3 Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord!
Close those boastful mouths that say,
4 “With our words we get what we want.
We will say what we wish,
and no one can stop us.”
5 “But now I will come,” says the Lord,
“because the needy are oppressed
and the persecuted groan in pain.
I will give them the security they long for.”
6 The promises of the Lord can be trusted;
they are as genuine as silver
refined seven times in the furnace.
7-8 The wicked are everywhere,
and everyone praises what is evil.
Keep us always safe, O Lord,
and preserve us from such people.
