Psalm 12[a]

For the director of music. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(A)
    those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
  2. Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term

12 Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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23 Love the Lord, all his faithful people!(A)
    The Lord preserves those who are true to him,(B)
    but the proud he pays back(C) in full.

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23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

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Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

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20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(A)

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20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

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22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

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45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant,(A) whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?

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45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

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