Context at a Glance
Author:Traditional Attribution
Topic:psalms Chapter 12 Study
This chapter provides a foundational look at the theological themes of psalms, analyzed across multiple historic translations for maximum scholarly depth.
Psalms 12
Bishops' Bible
1To the chiefe musition vpon (an instrument) of eyght stringes, a psalme of Dauid. Saue thou me O God, for there is not one godly man left: for the faythfull are diminished from among the chyldren of men.
2Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.
3God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.
4Whiche say, we wyll preuayle with our tongue: our lippes are our owne, who is Lorde ouer vs?
5For the calamities of the oppressed, for the deepe sighyng of the poore, I wyll nowe vp sayeth God: and I wyll put in safetie, hym whom the wicked hath snared.
6The wordes of God be wordes pure, as the siluer tryed in a furnace of earth: and purified seuen times.
7Wherfore thou wylt kepe the godly, O God: thou wylt preserue euery one of them from this generation for euer.
8The vngodly walke on euery side: when the worst sort be exalted amongst the chyldren of men.