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Psalm 12
Twelfth psalm of the Book of Psalms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Psalm 12 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 12 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 13.
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]
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Psalm 12 | |
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"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) |
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Psalm 12 | |
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ā Psalm 11 Psalm 13 ā | |
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 |
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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.