Psalm 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.} Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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Psalm 6:1

Help

Matthew 14:30

Godly

Matthew 24:12

Faithful

Proverbs 20:6

Isaiah 59:4

General references

Habakkuk 1:3

Bible References

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O Yahweh! do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me.

Help

Rise! Yahweh, Save me, my God. Surely thou hast smitten all my foes on the cheekbone, The teeth of the lawless, hast thou broken.

Return, O Yahweh, deliver my soul, Save me, for the sake of thy lovingkindness;

O God! by thine own Name, save me, And, by thine own strength, wilt thou vindicate me?

And, coming near, they aroused him, saying, Master! save, we perish!

But, seeing the wind, he was affrighted, and, beginning to sink, cried out, saying - Lord! save me!

Godly

And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself, - surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.

If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.

The righteous one, hath perished, And not a man, hath taken it to heart - Yea the men of lovingkindness, have been withdrawn No one considering, That from the presence of calamity, hath the righteous been withdrawn.

Therefore looked I around, and there was none to help, - And I was astonished that there was none to uphold, - So, mine own arm brought me salvation, And mine indignation, the same upheld me;

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see I pray you and know and seek out in the broad places thereof, Whether ye can find, a man, Whether there is one Doing justice Demanding fidelity, - That I may pardon her.

Alas for me! for I am become as gatherings of summer fruit, as gleaning-grapes in harvest, there is no cluster to eat, the first ripe fruit, my soul, craved.

And, because of lawlessness being brought to the full, the love of the many, will grew cold.

Faithful

A kind man one may call, a great man, - but, a faithful man, who can find?

None, sueth in righteousness, and None, pleadeth in faithfulness, - Men are trusting in confusion, And speaking vanity, Conceiving wickedness And bringing forth iniquity:

General references

Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, - and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold?