Parallel Verses
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.
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.
A Conservative Version
Help, LORD, for the holy man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.
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 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 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. 2 They speak vanity each one with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:1
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.
Genesis 6:12
And God looked upon the earth. And, behold, it was corrupted! For all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
1 Chronicles 15:21
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, were to lead with lyres on the octave.
Psalm 3:7
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.
Psalm 6:1
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.
Psalm 6:4
Return, O Jehovah, return; deliver my soul; save me for Your mercy's sake.
Psalm 54:1
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.
Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
Isaiah 1:9
Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a very small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 1:21-22
How has the faithful city become a harlot? It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.
Isaiah 59:4
None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity.
Isaiah 59:13-15
in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and going away from our God, talking cruelty and revolt, conceiving and speaking from the heart words of falsehood.
Isaiah 63:5
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.
Jeremiah 5:1
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.
Micah 7:1-2
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.
Matthew 8:25
And His disciples came to Him and awakened Him, saying, Lord, save us! We perish!
Matthew 14:30
But seeing that the wind was strong, he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me!
Matthew 24:12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many will become cold.