A Work in Progress Bible Commentary
By: Chip Crush

PSALMS
CHAPTER 12

For the director of music. According to sheminith . A psalm of David. [1]

1 Help, LORD , for the godly are no more;
the faithful have vanished from among men.
2 Everyone lies to his neighbor;
their flattering lips speak with deception.

3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue
4 that says, "We will triumph with our tongues;
we own our lips [2] -who is our master?"

5 "Because of the oppression of the weak
and the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise," says the LORD .
"I will protect them from those who malign them."
6 And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified seven times.

7 O LORD , you will keep us safe
and protect us from such people forever.
8 The wicked freely strut about
when what is vile is honored among men.


Footnotes


  1. Title: Probably a musical term
  2. 12:4 Or / our lips are our plowshares


Bible text from Gospelcom.net.  Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.

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