Psalms 12:1
Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
- KJV
- Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- WEB
- Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- ASV
- Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.
- BLB
- For the one directing. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Help, O YHWH! For the godly one ceases [to be]; for the faithful ones disappear from the sons of man.
- ÅB
- Redd, Herre! for de hellige er borte,
de trofaste er forsvunnet blant menneskenes barn. - OTB
- Hjelp, Herre, for den gudfryktige er borte,
for de trofaste har forsvunnet blant menneskenes barn. - B1930
- Frels, Herre! for de fromme er borte, de trofaste er forsvunnet blandt menneskenes barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:1
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
Read in contextMatthew 24:12
Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:13–15
rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:21–22
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
Read in contextPsalms 6:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:5
I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
Read in contextMicah 7:1–2
Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
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