Verse 1

For the director of music. According to the eighth. A psalm of David.

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  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; faithful people are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
  • Isa 59:13-15 : 13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart. 14 Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off, for truth has stumbled in the streets, and honesty cannot enter. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD saw this and was displeased, for there was no justice.
  • Isa 63:5 : 5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one gave support. So my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath sustained me.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Roam through the streets of Jerusalem, look and understand, search in her squares. If you find one person who acts justly and seeks truth, I will forgive the city.
  • Isa 1:21-22 : 21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness once dwelt in her, but now murderers. 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine is diluted with water.
  • Matt 24:12 : 12 'Because of the increase in lawlessness, the love of most will grow cold.'
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
  • Prov 20:6 : 6 Many claim to have steadfast love, but a faithful person who can find?
  • Gen 6:12 : 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all flesh had ruined their way on the earth.
  • Ps 6:1 : 1 For the director, with stringed instruments, on the eighth. A psalm of David.
  • Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Woe is me, for I am like those gathering summer fruit, like those gleaning after the harvest; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that my soul desires. 2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.
  • Matt 8:25 : 25 The disciples came and woke Him, saying, 'Lord, save us! We are perishing!'
  • Matt 14:30 : 30 But when he saw the strong wind, he was afraid, and starting to sink, he cried out, 'Lord, save me!'
  • Ps 6:4 : 4 My soul is greatly troubled. But You, LORD—how long?
  • Ps 54:1 : 1 To the chief musician, with stringed instruments, a contemplative psalm of David.
  • 1 Chr 15:21 : 21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah played the lyres to direct with Sheminith.
  • Ps 3:7 : 7 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.