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

Bible Comments

‘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 notation. Again the psalm is a part of the Davidic collection.

Psalms 12:1

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