Psalms 12:1

World English Bible (2000)

Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
  • Isa 59:13-15 : 13 transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter. 15 Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
  • Isa 63:5 : 5 I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 "Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
  • Isa 1:21-22 : 21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
  • Matt 24:12 : 12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Prov 20:6 : 6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
  • Gen 6:12 : 12 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
  • Ps 6:1 : 1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
  • Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig. 2 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
  • Matt 8:25 : 25 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"
  • Matt 14:30 : 30 But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
  • Ps 6:4 : 4 Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness' sake.
  • Ps 54:1 : 1 Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.
  • 1 Chr 15:21 : 21 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
  • Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.

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  • 12 Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.

  • 11 Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.

  • 2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

  • 26 Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

  • 15 Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

  • 2 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

  • 11 Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

  • Ps 38:21-22
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    21 Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.

    22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

  • 1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

  • 12 God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.

  • 1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

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    2 Many there are who say of my soul, "There is no help for him in God." Selah.

  • 1 Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

  • 10 Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper."

  • 8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

  • 11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • 3 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

  • 16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

  • Ps 4:2-3
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    2 You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

    3 But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.

  • Ps 121:1-2
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    1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

    2 My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

  • 49 Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

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    6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • 18 I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.

  • 12 Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.

  • 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

  • 19 But don't be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.

  • Ps 53:1-2
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    1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

    2 God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

  • 9 Don't hide your face from me. Don't put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don't abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

  • 10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

  • 17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

  • 27 For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

  • 12 They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one."

  • 1 Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

  • 1 Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

  • 3 They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.

  • 1 Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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    11 Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

    12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

  • 3 If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

  • 10 For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.

  • 6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

  • 1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

  • 3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

  • 123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.

  • 9 Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call! For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

  • 13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.