Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Help, LORD, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.
New American Standard Bible
For the choir director;
Help, Lord, for
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
King James Version
{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.
Holman Bible
For the choir director: according to Sheminith.
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.
International Standard Version
Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.
American Standard Version
Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Amplified
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.
Bible in Basic English
Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.
Darby Translation
{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.
Julia Smith Translation
To the overseer upon the octave, chanting of David. Save, O Jehovah, for the merciful one ceased; for faithfulnesses failed from the sons of men.
King James 2000
[To the Chief Musician upon sheminith. A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Save, O Yahweh, for [the] pious have ceased [to be]; for [the] faithful have vanished from [among the] children of humankind.
Modern King James verseion
To the Chief Musician, on eight. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{To the Chanter upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David} Help me, LORD, for there is not one godly man left: for the faithful are diminished from among the children of men.
NET Bible
For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, Lord! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.
New Heart English Bible
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
The Emphasized Bible
O save Yahweh, for the man of lovingkindness, is no more, for the faithful, have vanished, from among the sons of men.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Youngs 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:
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 12:1
Images Psalm 12:1
Prayers for Psalm 12:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Oppression By The Wicked
1 Help, LORD, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men. 2 They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil [to come].
Genesis 6:12
And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
1 Chronicles 15:21
And Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.
Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD. Save me, O my God. For thou have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone. Thou have broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalm 6:1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalm 6:4
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul. Save me for thy loving kindness' sake.
Psalm 54:1
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy might.
Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
Isaiah 1:9
Unless LORD of hosts had left to us a {seed (LXX/NT)}, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 1:21-22
How the faithful city has become a harlot! She who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Isaiah 59:4
No man sues in righteousness, and no man pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 59:13-15
transgressing and denying LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Isaiah 63:5
And I looked, and there was none to help. And I wondered that there was none to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. And my wrath, it upheld me.
Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places if it, if ye can find a man, if there is any who does justly, who seeks truth, and I will pardon her.
Micah 7:1-2
Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. My soul desires the first ripe fig.
Matthew 8:25
And the disciples having approached, they awoke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are perishing.
Matthew 14:30
But seeing the boisterous wind, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
Matthew 24:12
And because of the increased lawlessness, the love of the many will become cold.