Psalm 12:2-4 NASB,NASB

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 12:3

Or great things, or great words, either bragging or threatening what they will do, and what great things they will effect, to wit, by their tongues, as they themselves explain it in the next verse, which they will use so cunningly and powerfully, that they shall not need to use their hands, or strike a stroke. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 12:4

With our tongue will we prevail, by raising and spreading slanders and evil reports concerning him, whereby both Saul will be highly and implacably enraged against David, and the hearts of the people alienated from him; which was indeed a very likely way to prevail against, him, and that by their tongues only. Our lips are our own, i.e. at our own dispose to speak what we please. Who is lord over us; who can control or restrain us? This was not the language of their mouths, for they were... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 12:1-8

INTRODUCTION“This, according to the title, is one of David’s psalms, but there is nothing in the circumstances, so far as we know them, of his history which can lead us to associate the psalm with any particular period. Tholuck thinks it is aimed at persons by whom David was surrounded in the court of Saul. But it is not one or two prominent individuals whose conduct forms the burden of the Psalmist’s complaint. He is evidently smarting from the falseness and the hypocrisy of the time. The... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 12:4

DISCOURSE: 507PRACTICAL ATHEISM EXPOSEDPsalms 12:4. Who is Lord over us?THAT “the world lieth in wickedness,” is a truth generally acknowledged. But it is by the more heinous acts alone that men in general estimate the wickedness around them: whereas in order to form a correct judgment, they should mark the alienation of heart from God which is observable, not in gross sinners only, but in the more moral and decent part of mankind. A spirit of independence pervades all ranks and orders of men:... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 12:1-8

Psalms 12:1-8 The chief musician upon octaves, the psalm of David. Psalms 12:1-8 .Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men ( Psalms 12:1 ).Remember when Elijah said, "Lord, they have all bowed their knee to Baal and I, only I am left. Lord, the righteous man ceases. There is none left.""Help, Lord. The faithful fail from among children of men."They speak emptiness every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and a double heart do they... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 12:1-8

Psalms 12:1 . Help, Lord; for the godly, Hebrews חסיד chasid, the merciful man ceaseth. The true reading is preferable, because it joins piety with usefulness. In this manner David is thought to have prayed in the wilderness of Ziph, against the vices of the court, after the eighty priests of Nob, and their city, were destroyed. 1 Samuel 22:23. REFLECTIONS. The lying tongue of Doeg, who misguided his sovereign to a rash and bloody act, pierced the soul of David. But he who for the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 12:1-8

Psalms 12:1-8Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth.--This, according to the title, is one of David’s Psalms; but there is nothing in the circumstances, so far as we know them, of his history, which can lead us to associate the Psalm with any particular period. Tholuck thinks it is aimed at persons by whom David was surrounded in the court of Saul. Others suppose that it was occasioned by the treachery of the Ziphites (1 Samuel 23:19), or the treachery of Ahithophel, in Absalom’s rebellion. But... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 12:3-4

Psalms 12:3-4The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips.The lawlessness of the tongueThe language of agitators is indicated in this text, of men who think to carry everything by free speech, a free press, and a free pulpit. God forbid that we should ever see the day when either of these three great agencies for enlightening, exciting, and directing human thought shall not be free. However much they may be abused, they are still the chief glory of a country. It is not to be denied, however, that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 12:2

Psa 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. Ver. 2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour ] They speak falsely and fraudulently, and therein have an art, as Jeremiah 9:4-5 , such as the devil hath taught them. With flattering lips ] Blandientibus, vel dividentibus. The Syriac version hath it, with dividing lips, such as separate very friends. With a double heart do theft speak ] Heb. With a heart and a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 12:3

Psa 12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things: Ver. 3. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips ] As a rotten member is cut off from the body - Ne pars sincera trahatur, or as a barren tree is stocked up, that it cumber not the ground. There is a wonderful sympathy between princes and parasites, whose song is Mihi placet, quicquid regi placet, and whose practice is to speak suavia potius quam sans, sweet rather than sound things. But God... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 12:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 12:4

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 12:1-8

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 12:4

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 12:1-8

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 12:1-8

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 12:1-8

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 12:3-4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 12:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 12:3

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