And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Psalm 12:1 - American Standard Version 2015 {\b For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth;\par\tab For the faithful fail from among the children of men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HELP, Lord! For principled and godly people are here no more; faithfulness and the faithful vanish from among the sons of men. American Standard Version (1901) Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. Common English Bible Help, LORD, because the godly are all gone; the faithful have completely disappeared from the human race! Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me until the end? How long will you turn your face away from me? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? How long dost thou turn away thy face from me? |
And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.
Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God:\par\tab For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone;\par\tab Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
{\b For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David; when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?}\par\par\tab Save me, O God, by thy name,\par\tab And judge me in thy might.
{\b For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger,\par\tab Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul:\par\tab Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;\par\tab But a faithful man who can find?
Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.\par
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil {\i to come}.
None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.