Psalms 12:1
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
KJV
In finem. Psalmus David. Usquequo, Domine, oblivisceris me in finem ? usquequo avertis faciem tuam a me ?
Vulgate
Εἰς τὸ τέλος· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυείδ.
LXX
Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
ASV
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל הַ/שְּׁמִינִ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְ/דָוִֽד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
מְנַצֵּ֥חַ
mntsch
verb · 65×
מִזְמ֥וֹר
mzmvr
noun · 57×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְּׁמִינִ֗ית
shmynyt
adjective · 3×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 15:21 — And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
- 1Chr 16:7 — Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
- 2Pet 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- Eccl 7:28 — Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
- Gen 6:12 — And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
- Hab 1:3 — Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
- Isa 1:9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
- Isa 1:21 — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
- Isa 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.
- Isa 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.
- Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Isa 59:13 — 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.
- Isa 59:15 — Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
- Isa 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.
- Jer 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;
- Jer 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;
- Matt 8:25 — And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
- Matt 14:30 — But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
- Matt 24:12 — And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
- Mic 7:1 — 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.
- Mic 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Prov 20:6 — Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
- Prov 20:6 — Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
- Ps 3:7 — Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
- Ps 6:1 — O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- Ps 6:1 — O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- Ps 6:4 — Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.
- Ps 54:1 — Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.