Psalms 12:1
“For the leader of the music; to the octave. A psalm of David.” Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; The faithful are failing among men.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
In Context
2They speak falsehood one to another; With flattering lips, with a double heart, do they speak.
Cross References
Psalms 6:1“For the leader of the music; to be accompanied with stringed instruments; to the octave. A psalm of David.” O LORD! rebuke me not in thine anger; Chasten me not in thy hot displeasure!
Psalms 54:1“For the leader of the music. To be sung on stringed instruments A psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?” Save me, O God! by thy name, And by thy strength defend my cause!
Isaiah 1:9Had not Jehovah of hosts left us a small remnant, We had soon become as Sodom; We had been like to Gomorrah.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous man perisheth, and no one layeth it to heart; And pious men are taken away, and none considereth That because of the evil the righteous man is taken away.
Isaiah 59:13We have rebelled, and proved false to Jehovah; We have departed from our God; We have spoken violence and rebellion; Our hearts have conceived and brought forth words of falsehood.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 12:1
It is supposed that David penned this psalm in Saul's reign, when there was a general decay of honesty and piety both in court and country, which he here complains of to God, and very feelingly, for he himself suffered by the treachery of his false friends and the insolence of his sworn enemies. I. He begs help of God, because there were none among men whom he durst trust, ver. 1, 2 . II. He foretels the destruction of his proud and threatening enemies, ver. 3, 4 . III. He assures himself and others that, how ill… Read the whole commentary →