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

Read full chapter

Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy

To the Chief Musician. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.

12 Help,[b] Lord, for the godly man (B)ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 Heb. sheminith
  2. Psalm 12:1 Save

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Read full chapter

(A)Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of [a]His holy name.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:4 Or His holiness

23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Read full chapter

23 Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints!
For the Lord preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.

Read full chapter

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Read full chapter

(A)The dead bodies of Your servants
They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

Read full chapter

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Read full chapter

The (A)faithful[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
(B)Every man hunts his brother with a net.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:2 Or loyal

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

Read full chapter

But (A)reject profane and old wives’ fables, and (B)exercise yourself toward godliness.

Read full chapter

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Read full chapter

11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be (A)in holy conduct and godliness,

Read full chapter