For the music director; according to the sheminith style; ²  a psalm of David. Deliver, Lord! For the godly ³  have disappeared; ⁴  people of integrity ⁵  have vanished. ⁶ 

biblegateway Psa 12:1

<> Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm. Help, LORD, for no faithful one remains; the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

For the choir director; on the sheminith; a psalm by David. Help, O LORD. No godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among Adam’s descendants!

biblegateway Psa 12:1

For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

bibleoremus Psa 12:1

Help, O LORD, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.

For the leader: according to the sheminith: a psalm: for David SAVE us, LORD, for no one who is loyal remains; good faith between people has vanished.

biblegateway Psa 12:1

<> Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

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

biblegateway Psa 12:1

For the music director; according to the sheminith style; ²  a psalm of David. Deliver, Lord! For the godly ³  have disappeared; ⁴  people of integrity ⁵  have vanished. ⁶ 

¹ sn Psalm 12. The psalmist asks the Lord to intervene, for society is overrun by deceitful, arrogant oppressors and godly individuals are a dying breed. When the Lord announces his intention to defend the oppressed, the psalmist affirms his confidence in the divine promise.

² tn The meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁמִינִית (shÿminit) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See 1 Chr 15:21.

³ tn The singular form is collective or representative. Note the plural form “faithful [ones]” in the following line. A “godly [one]” (חָסִיד, khasid) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 4:3; 18:25; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10).

⁴ tn Or “have come to an end.”

⁵ tn Heb “the faithful [ones] from the sons of man.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew verb פָּסַס (pasas) occurs only here. An Akkadian cognate means “efface, blot out.”