Psalms 12:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 12:1

Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy

To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.

1 Help,¹ Lord, for the godly man ^aceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

2 ^aThey speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and¹ a double heart they speak.

3 May the Lord¹ cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaks¹ proud things,

4 Who have said,
“With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own;
Who is lord over us?”

5 “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

6 The words of the Lord are ^apure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.

7 You shall keep them, O Lord,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever.

8 The wicked prowl on every side,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Verse Comparison: Psalms 12:1

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American Standard Version
Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Amplified® Bible
HELP, LORD! For principled {and} godly people are here no more; faithfulness {and} the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.

Contemporary English Version
(A psalm by David for the music leader.) Please help me, LORD! All who were faithful and all who were loyal have disappeared.

Darby English Version
{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.

Good News Bible
Help us, LORD! There is not a good person left; honest people can no longer be found.

King James Version
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

New American Standard Bible
Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

New International Version

For the director of music. According to sheminith . A psalm of David.

Help, LORD, for the godly are no more;
the faithful have vanished from among men.

New King James Version
To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to exist, for the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

Revised Standard Version
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for there is no longer any that is godly; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.

Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

New English Translation
Deliver, Lord! For the godly¹ have disappeared;² people of integrity³ have vanished.⁴

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