Psalms 12:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. ”

• Psalms 12:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Help, Lord - Hebrew, “Save, Yahweh.” The idea is that there was no human help, and, therefore, the divine help is implored. The psalmist saw that those on whom reliance was usually placed for the...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  "To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David." Help, LORD; for the (a) godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. (a) Who dare defend the truth and show merc...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  XII. A Prayer of Faithful Jews against the Arrogant Tongue of the Ungodly. Psalms 12:1-4 . The godly man ceaseth (see Psalms 4:1-5 ). The wicked acknowledge no responsibility for their words:...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  To the chief Musician. See App-64. upon Sheminith . the Sheminith. See App-65. Title.. Psalm. See App-65. Help . Save. godly man . "gracious [man]". ceaseth . is no more. Compare Isai...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  To the chief musician upon the eighth. With respect to the word eighth, there are two opinions among interpreters. According to some, it means a musical instrument; while others are rather...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Help, Lord - Save me, O Lord; for merciful men fai...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  David, destitute of human comfort, asketh help of God: he comforteth himself with God's judgments on the wicked, and confidence in God's tried promises. To the chief musician upon Sheminith, A Ps...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Title. - Upon Sheminith - Note on title, Psalms 6:1-10 . Psalms 12:1-8 .-Complaint that the g...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Book 1 The Pss. in this book are probably among the earliest in the Psalter, and include most of those generally regarded as Davidic. They seem to have existed separately as an early hymn-book, wh...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Ceaseth. — Intransitive, as in Psalms 7:9 . The faithful. — The Vulg. and Syriac treat this word as abstract: “truth,” “faithfulness.” So Ewald; but the parallelism here, as in Psalms 31:23 ,...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 12:1-8 ONE penalty of living near God is keen pain from low lives. The ears that hear God's word cannot but be stunned and hurt by the babble of empty speech. This psalm is profoundly melan...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  God Our Refuge and Defense Psalms 11:1-7 ; Psalms 12:1-8 The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, u...

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• Psalms 12:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Out of a consciousness of the terrible evil of his times, the worshiper cries to Jehovah for help. The failure of godly men and faithful souls is always the gravest peril which can threaten a nation...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS This is a short and pathetic lamentation over the languishing state of. the Church, and the decrease of the faithful. The sacred writer, however, takes comfort in the assurance, that God wi...

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• Psalms 12:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth ,.... A godly man, according to the notation of the word z, is one that has received grace and mercy of the Lord; as pardoning mercy, justifying and adopting gr...

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• Psalms 12:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Psalms 12:1 «To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. » Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Ver. 1. Help, Lord ] It was hi...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Help, Lord Hebrew, הושׁיעה, hoshigna, save, Jehovah; namely, me and other good men, from the subtlety and rage of wicked men; for the godly man ceaseth חסיד, chasid, the kind , or, merciful m...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Complaints of the Times. To the chief musician upon Sheminith. A psalm of David.       1 Help, L ORD ; for the godly man c...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  PSALM 12 The same title is prefixed to Psa 6 . This Psalm was composed in the time and upon the occasion of Saul's ill government, and his persecution of David, and other good men who favoured him...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.' Again the psalm is for the Choirmaster. ‘Sheminith' means eighth. It may refer to an eight stringed instrument, or to a musical nota...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION “This, according to the title, is one of David’s psalms, but there is nothing in the circumstances, so far as we know them, of his history which can lead us to associate the psalm with...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Sheminith ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 6:1 ).

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• Psalms 12:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 12:1 . Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. One might have thought that David still lived among us, his cry is so timely, so exactly...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Psalms 12:1 . Help, Lord; for the godly, Hebrews חסיד chasid, the merciful man ceaseth. The true reading is preferable, because it joins piety with usefulness. In this manner David is thought...

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• Psalms 12:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth. --This, according to the title, is one of David’s Psalms; but there is nothing in the circumstances, so far as we know them, of his history, which can lead u...

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• Psalms 12:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ANOTHER Davidical psalm, both according to the title and to the general opinion of critics; said (like Psalms 6:1-19 .) to be "upon Sheminith"—an expression of uncertain meaning. I...

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• Psalms 12:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth, it was a time when true piety was decreasing both in amount and in influence; for the faithful fail from among the children of men, true loyalty and faithfuln...

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• Psalms 12:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 15:21 ; Genesis 6:12 ; Isaiah 1:21 ; Isaiah 1:22 ; Isaiah 1:9 ; Isaiah 57:1 ; Isaiah 59:13-15 ; Isaiah 59:4 ; Isaiah 63:5 ; Jeremiah 5:1 ; Micah 7:1 ; Micah 7:2 ; Matthew 14...

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