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Psalms 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 12:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 12:15 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
עַֽלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/שְּׁמִינִ֗יתhašəmiyniyt
the sheminithparticleH8067
מִזְמ֥וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
לְ/דָוִֽדlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 12:1

To the end, for the eighth, a psalm of David. 1. It has been said on the sixth Psalm, that “the eighth” may be taken as the day of judgment. “For the eighth” may also be taken “for the eternal age;” for that after the time present, which is a cycle of seven days, it shall be given to the Saints. 2. “Save me, O Lord, for the holy has failed;” that is, is not found: as we speak when we say, Grain fails, or, Money fails. “For the truths have been minished from among the sons…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 12
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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