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Psalms 12:1

Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הוֹשִׁ֣יעָהho.Shi.'ahsave !H3467 →
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
גָמַ֣רga.Marhe has come to an endH1584 →
חָסִ֑ידcha.Sid[the] faithfulH2623 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
פַ֥סּוּFa.suthey have vanishedH6461 →
אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים'e.mu.Nimfaithful [people]H529 →
מִבְּנֵ֥יmi.be.Neifrom [the] children ofH1121 →
אָדָֽם׃'a.DamhumankindH120 →

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Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.Matthew 24:12Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.Jeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.Isaiah 59:13–15rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.Isaiah 1:21–22See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Genesis 6:12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.Proverbs 20:6Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?Micah 7:1–2Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.1 Chronicles 15:21And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.Psalms 6:4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.Matthew 8:25The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”Isaiah 1:9Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.Ecclesiastes 7:28While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.Psalms 54:1Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!

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