| Psalm 12 | |
|---|---|
| "Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth" | |
| Psalm of lament | |
 Psalm 12 in the 17th-century Elsevier bible | |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 12 | |
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← Psalm 11 Psalm 13 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 12 is the twelfth psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men." In the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, it is psalm 11 in a slightly different numbering, "Salvum me fac".[1] Its authorship is traditionally assigned to King David.[2]
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It was set to music by composers including Johann Sebastian Bach.
- ^ "Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 11". Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- ^ Morgenstern, Julian. "Psalm 11." Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 69, no. 3, 1950, pp. 221–231.