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Psalm 12:1–2

Save, O Lord, for mthe godly one is gone;

for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

Everyone nutters lies to his neighbor;

with oflattering lips and pa double heart they speak.

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Psalm 12:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;

those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

Everyone lies to their neighbor;

they flatter with their lips

but harbor deception in their hearts.

Psalm 12:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth;

For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:

With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Psalm 12:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing!

The faithful have vanished from the earth!

Neighbors lie to each other,

speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.

Psalm 12:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases!

For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;

With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 12:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Save me, Lord, because the good people are all gone;

no true believers are left on earth.

Everyone lies to his neighbors;

they say one thing and mean another.

Psalm 12:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth;

For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor:

With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Psalm 12:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men. They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

Psalm 12:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Help, O Lord

No godly person is left. 

Faithful people have vanished from among Adam’s descendants! 

All people speak foolishly. 

They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another. 

Psalm 12:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;

the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

They lie to one another;

they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

Psalm 12:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly;

the faithful have disappeared from humankind.

They utter lies to each other;

with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 12:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Save, O Yahweh, for the pious have ceased to be;

for the faithful have vanished

from among the children of humankind.

They speak falseness to each other.

With flattering lips,

with a double heart they speak.

Psalm 12:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Help, Lord! Those who do what is right are gone.

Those who are faithful have disappeared from the earth.

Everyone tells lies to his neighbors.

With his lips he praises others, but he doesn’t really mean it.

Psalm 12:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,

For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

They speak falsehood to one another;

With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.


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