And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Psalm 12:1 - King James 2000 [To the Chief Musician upon sheminith. A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; 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 looked upon 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 lyres according to the Sheminith, to lead.
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone; you have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
[To the Chief Musician on neginoth. A maschil, a Psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Does not David hide himself with us?] Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me by your strength.
[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A Psalm of David.] O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Unless the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
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.
None calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth: they trust in empty words, 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 my own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its broad places, if you can find a man, if there is any that executes justice, that seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.