Psalms 12:1
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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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 perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Read in contextMatthew 24:12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:13–15
In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:21–22
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Read in contextPsalms 6:1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:5
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
Read in contextMicah 7:1–2
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
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