Psa 12 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster : according to The Sheminith . A Psalm of David . Save , O Lord , for the godly one is gone ; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man .

b Isa. 57:1; Mic. 7:2

c Ps. 41:6; 144:8

d Ps. 5:9; Jer. 9:8; Rom. 16:18

e 1 Chr. 12:33; James 1:8

f[See ver. 2 above]

g Dan. 7:8; Rev. 13:5; [Ps. 17:10]

h Ps. 9:12

i Isa. 33:10; [Ps. 82:8]

jSee Ps. 55:18

k Ps. 18:30; 119:140; Prov. 30:5; [Ps. 19:8]

‏ Psalms 12

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of David.

1 Save, O Lord, for ^bthe godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone ^cutters lies to his neighbor;
with ^dflattering lips and ^ea double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all ^fflattering lips,
the tongue that makes ^ggreat boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because ^hthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
ⁱI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ^jsafety for which he longs.”
6 ^kThe words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us ^{▼▼Or guard him} from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

‏ Psalms 12

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of David.