Psalm 12

Psalm 12 is the 12th psalm from the Book of Psalms. It is a Psalm of lament, internally cited as being a psalm of David.

From the King James Version.

The reformation theologian John Calvin in his commentary of the psalm interprets the passage as referring to the truthfulness of God in contrast to humanity, saying that the elaboration of God's actions in the psalm reflect promises God had made with the Israelites.

The genre of the psalm is unclear. Jörg Jeremias sees in it most as the "prophetic action liturgy". Hermann Gunkel also calls the Psalm as "liturgy". Here "liturgy" means the intention of the performance was for changing voices was in the service.

Gunkel divides the psalm as follows:

According to the Rule of St. Benedict (530 AD), Psalm 1 to Psalm 20 were mainly reserved for the office of Prime. This Psalm 11 he said was so recited or sung at Prime on Wednesday. A number of monasteries still respect this tradition. In the Liturgy of the Hours, Psalm 12 is now recited on Tuesday the first Week to the Office of the middle of the day.

Martin Luther created in 1523 a Choral Ach Gott for this Psalm and Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a cantata for Ach Gott,

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