Book 19 of 66 · Poetry & Wisdom

PsalmsChapter 12 · help and protection and suffering and endurance

8 verses1 sections1 min readPoetry & worshipComplete KJV text

Psalms 12 contains 8 verses in the King James Version. This page presents the complete chapter, a section-by-section outline, and direct links to every verse. Its recurring subjects include help and protection, suffering and endurance, and humanity and family.

Chapter at a glance

What is in Psalms 12?

The chapter opens, “Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.” It closes in verse 8, “The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.” The outline below follows the text in order.

Primary themes: help and protectionsuffering and endurancehumanity and family
Passage: Psalms 12:1–8
Reading time: About 1 minute · 147 words

Section-by-section outline

Psalms 12 outline

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Verses 1–8
Help and Protection · Suffering and Endurance
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

King James Version · complete chapter

Psalms 12 KJV

¹Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. ²They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. ³The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: ⁴Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? ⁵For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. ⁶The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. ⁷Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. ⁸The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.