Psalm 12

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". Its authorship is traditionally assigned to King David.

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
"Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth"
Psalm of lament
Psalm 12 in the 17th-century Elsevier bible
Other name
  • Psalm 11
  • "Salvum me fac"
LanguageHebrew (original)
Psalm 12
BookBook of Psalms
Hebrew Bible partKetuvim
Order in the Hebrew part1
CategorySifrei Emet
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part19

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.

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