Psalm 12
Verse 1
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
(Title
&) Sheminith. or, The eighth.
6.1 *title; 1 Chronicles 15.21
Help
or, Save.
3.7 6.4 54.1 Matthew 8.25 14.30
godly
Genesis 6.12 Isaiah 1.9,21,22 57.1 63.5 Jeremiah 5.1 Micah 7.1,2 Matthew 24.12
faithful
Proverbs 20.6 Isaiah 59.4,13-15
Verse 2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
They
10.7 36.3,4 38.12 41.6 52.1-4 59.12 144.8,11 Jeremiah 9.2-6,8
flattering
5.9 28.3 62.4 Proverbs 20.19 29.5 Ezekiel 12.24 Romans 16.18 1 Thessalonians 2.5
a double heart
Heb. an heart and an heart.
1 Chronicles 12.33 *marg:; James 1.8
Verse 3
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
cut
tongue
17.10 73.8,9 Exodus 15.9 1 Samuel 2.3 17.43,44 2 Kings 19.23,24 Isaiah 10.10 Ezekiel 28.2,9 29.3 Daniel 4.30,31 7.8,25 Malachi 3.13 2 Peter 2.18 Jude 1.16 Revelation 13.5
proud
Heb. great.
Verse 4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
With
our own
Heb. with us. who.
Genesis 3.5 Exodus 5.2 Job 21.14,15 Jeremiah 2.31 Daniel 3.15 2 Thessalonians 2.4
Verse 5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
oppression
10.12 74.21,22 79.10,11 146.7,8 Exodus 2.23,24 3.7-9 Judges 10.16 Proverbs 14.31 22.22,23 Ecclesiastes 4.1 5.8 Isaiah 19.20 Ezekiel 18.12,13,18 James 5.4
now
puffeth at
or, would ensnare.
Verse 6
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
words
18.30 19.8 119.140 2 Samuel 22.31 Proverbs 30.5
as silver
Verse 7
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
thou shalt
16.1 37.28,40 121.8 145.20 Deuteronomy 33.3 1 Samuel 2.9 Isaiah 27.3 1 Peter 1.5 Jude 1.1
them, etc
Heb. him, i.e. every one of them. this.
Verse 8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
wicked
Proverbs 29.12 Hosea 5.11 Micah 6.16
when
Judges 9.18-57 1 Samuel 18.17,18 Esther 3.6-15 Isaiah 32.4-6 Mark 14.63-65
men
Heb. of the sons of men.