[2] The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.

Charles Spurgeon vividly describes the finality saying They will not be able to continue speaking falsely and proudly for over;a shovelful of earth from the grave-digger’s spade will silence them,and a terrible display of God’s justice will make them speechless for ever.

[16] In the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, this psalm is appointed to be read on the evening of the second day of the month.

[17] In 1523, Martin Luther paraphrased Psalm 12 in a hymn, "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein".

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a cantata about it, Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2 in Leipzig in 1724.

Felix Mendelssohn also wrote a cantata on "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" (MWV A 13), (1832), for baritone, SATB, strings.