Psalms 12:1
For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.Help, Lord; for the godly man ceases.For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
New Heart English 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
2Everyone lies to his neighbor.They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:21and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
Psalms 6:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger,neither discipline me in your wrath.
Psalms 54:1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding himself among us?"Save me, God, by your name.Vindicate me in your might.
Isaiah 1:9Unless the Lord of hosts had left to us a very small remnant,we would have been as Sodom;we would have been like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
Isaiah 59:13transgressing and denying the Lord, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart 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 →