--- title: Psalms 12 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 12 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / chapter 12 # Psalms 12 9 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [12:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.1/) — לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל־הַשְּׁמִינִית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ — For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. - [12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.2/) — הוֹשִׁיעָה יְהוָה כִּי־גָמַר חָסִיד כִּי־פַסּוּ אֱמוּנִים מִבְּנֵי אָדָֽם׃ — Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. - [12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.3/) — שָׁוְא ׀ יְֽדַבְּרוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ שְׂפַת חֲלָקוֹת בְּלֵב וָלֵב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃ — They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. - [12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.4/) — יַכְרֵת יְהוָה כָּל־שִׂפְתֵי חֲלָקוֹת לָשׁוֹן מְדַבֶּרֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃ — May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things! - [12:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.5/) — אֲשֶׁר אָֽמְרוּ ׀ לִלְשֹׁנֵנוּ נַגְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵינוּ אִתָּנוּ מִי אָדוֹן לָֽנוּ׃ — Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?' - [12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.6/) — מִשֹּׁד עֲנִיִּים מֵאַנְקַת אֶבְיוֹנִים עַתָּה אָקוּם יֹאמַר יְהוָה אָשִׁית בְּיֵשַׁע יָפִיחַֽ לֽוֹ׃ — 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.' - [12:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.7/) — אִֽמֲרוֹת יְהוָה אֲמָרוֹת טְהֹרוֹת כֶּסֶף צָרוּף בַּעֲלִיל לָאָרֶץ מְזֻקָּק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃ — The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times. - [12:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.8/) — אַתָּֽה־יְהוָה תִּשְׁמְרֵם תִּצְּרֶנּוּ ׀ מִן־הַדּוֹר זוּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ — Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever. - [12:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.12.9/) — סָבִיב רְשָׁעִים יִתְהַלָּכוּן כְּרֻם זֻלּוּת לִבְנֵי אָדָֽם׃ — The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men. - ← previous: [Psalms 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/11/) - next →: [Psalms 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/13/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)