Psalm 12:1
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Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy
To the Chief Musician. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.
12 Help,[b] Lord, for the godly man (B)ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:1 Heb. sheminith
- Psalm 12:1 Save
Isaiah 57:1
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Israel’s Futile Idolatry
57 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
(A)Merciful men are taken away,
(B)While no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from [a]evil.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:1 Lit. the face of evil
Jeremiah 5:1
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The Justice of God’s Judgment
5 “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem;
See now and know;
And seek in her open places
(A)If you can find a man,
(B)If there is anyone who executes [a]judgment,
Who seeks the truth,
(C)And I will pardon her.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:1 justice
Isaiah 59:13-15
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13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering (A)from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a (B)prey.
The Redeemer of Zion
Then the Lord saw it, and [a]it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:15 Lit. it was evil in His eyes
Isaiah 1:21-22
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The Degenerate City
21 (A)How the faithful city has become a [a]harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now (B)murderers.
22 (C)Your silver has become dross,
Your wine mixed with water.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:21 Unfaithful
Matthew 24:12
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12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow (A)cold.
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Micah 7:1-2
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Sorrow for Israel’s Sins
7 Woe is me!
For I am like those who gather summer fruits,
Like those who (A)glean vintage grapes;
There is no cluster to eat
Of the first-ripe fruit which (B)my soul desires.
2 The (C)faithful[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
(D)Every man hunts his brother with a net.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:2 Or loyal
Isaiah 63:5
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5 (A)I looked, but (B)there was no one to help,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own (C)arm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.
Isaiah 59:4
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4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (A)empty words and speak lies;
(B)They conceive [a]evil and bring forth iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:4 trouble
Proverbs 20:6
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6 Most men will proclaim each his own [a]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:6 Lit. mercy
Psalm 6:1
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A Prayer of Faith in Time of Distress
To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.
6 O Lord, (B)do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.
Footnotes
- Psalm 6:1 Heb. sheminith
Genesis 6:12
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12 So God (A)looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for (B)all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
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Matthew 14:30
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30 But when he saw [a]that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
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- Matthew 14:30 NU brackets that and boisterous as disputed.
Matthew 8:25
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25 Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
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Isaiah 1:9
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9 (A)Unless the Lord of hosts
Had left to us a very small remnant,
We would have become like (B)Sodom,
We would have been made like Gomorrah.
Psalm 54:1
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Answered Prayer for Deliverance from Adversaries
To the Chief Musician. With [a]stringed instruments. A [b]Contemplation of David (A)when the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding with us?”
54 Save me, O God, by Your name,
And vindicate me by Your strength.
Footnotes
- Psalm 54:1 Heb. neginoth
- Psalm 54:1 Heb. Maschil
Psalm 6:4
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4 Return, O Lord, deliver me!
Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake!
Psalm 3:7
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7 Arise, O Lord;
Save me, O my God!
(A)For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
1 Chronicles 15:21
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21 Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to direct with harps on the (A)Sheminith;
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