# Psalm 12 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. 

## Links:

* __[Psalms 12:1](../../psa/012/001.md)__

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