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. Help, Lord - Save me, O Lord; for merciful men fail, and faithful men have passed away from the sons of Adam. Make safe me, Lord; for haly failed, for lessed es sothfastnes fra sons of men. Old MS.

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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...
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...
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 wick...
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 . "grac...
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 m...
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 promi...
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, Psal...
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...
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...
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 babb...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 alw...
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, ho...
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 Lo...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints of the Times. To the chief musician upon Sheminith. A psalm of D...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Help, YHWH, for the godly man ceases, For the faithful have disappeared from among the children of men. They speak falsehood every one with his ne...
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 hist...
Scofield Reference Notes

Sheminith ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 6:1 ).
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 stil...
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. The Psalm speaks of a very discouragin...
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...
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...
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 "upo...
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 amon...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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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 ; Je...

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 12:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 12:1