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:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.

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  • Jeremiah 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.

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  • Matthew 24:12

    And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

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  • Isaiah 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.

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  • Isaiah 1:21–22

    How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

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  • Psalms 6:1

    O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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  • Isaiah 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.

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  • Micah 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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