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Psalm 012 General Notes
Type of psalm
Psalm 12 is a judgment psalm, where the author asks God to judge and punish the wicked people. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil)
Special concepts in this chapter
Yahweh saves
There are so many wicked people now and they are proud of their evil. But God will save the poor who call out to him. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call)
Words
This relatively short psalm focuses on the words people use.