Psalms 12:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַשְּׁמִינִ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

Transliteration

To the mənaṣṣēaḥ upon the šəmînîṯ, mizmôr to dāwid

Grammar Details

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: singular, masculine with prefixed preposition 'to/for' - director/chief musician
• *šəmînîṯ*: feminine singular noun with definite article 'the' - eighth/octave
• *mizmôr*: masculine singular construct - psalm/song
• *dāwid*: proper name with prefixed preposition 'to/for' - David

Word Meanings

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: chief musician/choirmaster/director
• *šəmînîṯ*: eighth/octave/eight-stringed instrument
• *mizmôr*: psalm/melody/song

Referenced Verses

• Isa 57:1 : 1 The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.
• Isa 59:13-15 : 13 We have rebelled and tried to deceive the LORD; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds. 14 Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter. 15 Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The LORD watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.
• Isa 63:5 : 5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.
• Jer 5:1 : 1 Judah is Justly Deserving of Coming Judgment The LORD said,“Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.
• Isa 1:21-22 : 21 Purifying Judgment How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers. 22 Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.
• Matt 24:12 : 12 and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.
• Isa 59:4 : 4 No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
• Prov 20:6 : 6 Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person– who can find?
• Gen 6:12 : 12 God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.
• Ps 6:1 : 1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!
• Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Micah Laments Judah’s Sin Woe is me! For I am like those gathering fruit, and those harvesting grapes, when there is no grape cluster to eat, and no fresh figs that my stomach craves. 2 Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
• Matt 8:25 : 25 So they came and woke him up saying,“Lord, save us! We are about to die!”
• Matt 14:30 : 30 But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out,“Lord, save me!”
• Ps 6:4 : 4 Relent, LORD, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
• Ps 54:1 : 1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul:“David is hiding with us.” O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power!
• 1 Chr 15:21 : 21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the sheminith style, as led by the director;
• Ps 3:7 : 7 Rise up, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.
• Isa 1:9 : 9 If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly been like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.