Psalms 12:1
Help, Lord, for the good are all gone, faithful people have vanished.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
In Context
2One lies to another, speaking empty lies, with flattering lips and false hearts they speak.
Cross References
Psalms 6:1Rebuke me not, Lord, in your anger, punish me not in your wrath.
Psalms 54:1Save me, O God, by your name, by your power secure for me justice.
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 →