Psalm 12:1
“Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 12Meaning
The cry for help arises because loyal, trustworthy people seem to have vanished and faithfulness appears scarce.
The disappearance of faithfulness and the corruption of speech
The lament opens with the apparent scarcity of faithful people and the spread of lying, flattery, and divided speech.
Read carefully
The cry for help arises because loyal, trustworthy people seem to have vanished and faithfulness appears scarce.; Psalm 12:1 should remain within the literary movement of the psalm.
Reflection
Let this verse form truthful speech, solidarity with the vulnerable, patient trust in God, and refusal of retaliatory harm.