Psalms 12
Below each verse in the original comes an approximate reading, in italics, for anyone who wants to pronounce the text aloud. It is not academic transliteration: it does not mark stress or settle the cases that depend on grammatical analysis, and the four-letter Name is read “Yahweh”, by the founder’s decision — the Hebrew pointing instructs saying “Adonai”, and Portuguese Bibles render it “SENHOR”.
The numbering differs in this chapter. The original has a different number of verses from the Portuguese — this happens in 134 of the 1,189 chapters, mostly in the Psalms, because the Hebrew superscription (“A psalm of David”) is counted as verse 1. That is why the two texts appear separately, each with its own numbering, instead of paired: pairing here would put a verse next to the wrong one.
1Salmo de Davi, para o regente, com harpa de oito cordas: Salva, SENHOR, porque os bons estão em falta; porque são poucos os fiéis dentre os filhos dos homens.
2Cada um fala falsidade ao seu próximo, [com] lábios elogiam falsamente; falam com duas intenções no coração.
3Que o SENHOR corte a todos os lábios que falam falsos elogios, [e toda] língua que fala grandes [mentiras] .
4Pois dizem: Com nossa língua prevaleceremos; nossos lábios [são] nossos; que é senhor sobre nós?
5O SENHOR diz: Pela opressão aos humildes, pelo gemido dos necessitados, eu agora me levantarei; porei em segurança àquele a quem ele sopra [desejando oprimir] .
6As palavras do SENHOR são palavras puras, [como] prata refinada em forno de barro, purificada sete vezes.
7Tu, SENHOR, os guardarás; desta geração os livrarás para sempre.
8Os maus andam cercando, enquanto os mais vis dos filhos dos homens são exaltados.
Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)
1לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַשְּׁמִינִ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃lamnatsecha al-hashminit mizmor ledavid
2הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הוָה כִּי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃hoshiah Yahweh ki-gamar chasid ki-fasu emunim mibne adam
3שָׁ֤וְא ׀ יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת־רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ שְׂפַ֥ת חֲלָק֑וֹת בְּלֵ֖ב וָלֵ֣ב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃shav yedabru ish et-reehu sefat chalakot belev valev yedaberu
4יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָק֑וֹת לָ֝שׁ֗וֹן מְדַבֶּ֥רֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃yachret Yahweh kal-sifte chalakot lashon medaberet gedolot
5אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ לִלְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר שְׂפָתֵ֣ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ מִ֖י אָד֣וֹן לָֽנוּ׃asher amru lilshonenu nagbir sefatenu itanu mi adon lanu
6מִשֹּׁ֥ד עֲנִיִּים֮ מֵאַנְקַ֪ת אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥ים עַתָּ֣ה אָ֭קוּם יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ית בְּ֝יֵ֗שַׁע יָפִ֥יחַֽ לֽוֹ׃mishod aniyim meankat evyonim atah akum yomar Yahweh ashit beyesha yaficha lo
7אִֽמֲר֣וֹת יְהוָה֮ אֲמָר֪וֹת טְהֹ֫ר֥וֹת כֶּ֣סֶף צָ֭רוּף בַּעֲלִ֣יל לָאָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃imarot Yahweh amarot tehorot kesef tsaruf baalil laarets mezukak shivatayim
8אַתָּֽה־יְהוָ֥ה תִּשְׁמְרֵ֑ם תִּצְּרֶ֓נּוּ ׀ מִן־הַדּ֖וֹר ז֣וּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃atah-Yahweh tishmrem titsrenu min-hador zu leolam
9סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃saviv reshaim yithalachun kerum zulut livne adam
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All Scripture quoted in Portuguese is from the Bíblia Livre (BLIVRE), Copyright © Diego Santos, Mario Sérgio and Marco Teles, February 2018. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Brazil licence. Reproduction permitted provided the source and the authors are duly credited.
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