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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To the Chief Musician, for eight-stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in the heat of Your fury.

Help

Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God; for You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone. You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Return, O Jehovah, return; deliver my soul; save me for Your mercy's sake.

To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation. A Psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Does not David hide himself among us? Save me, O God, by Your name, and judge me by Your strength.

And His disciples came to Him and awakened Him, saying, Lord, save us! We perish!

But seeing that the wind was strong, he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me!

Godly

And God looked upon the earth. And, behold, it was corrupted! For all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.

The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold; therefore My own arm has saved for Me; and My fury upheld Me.

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in her open places, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon her.

Woe is me! For I am like the gatherings of summer fruits, like the grape-gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; my soul desires the first-ripe fruit.

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

Faithful

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity.

General references

Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.