_HELP, LORD; FOR THE GODLY MAN CEASETH; FOR THE FAITHFUL FAIL FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF MEN._ Title. - UPON SHEMINITH - Note on title, Psalms 6:1. Psalms 12:1.-Complaint that the godly cease, the treacherous prevail (Psalms 12:1); prayer that Yahweh will cut off these men of proud and false tongu... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY SPEAK VANITY EVERY ONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOUR: WITH FLATTERING LIPS AND WITH A DOUBLE HEART DO THEY SPEAK._ They speak vanity - i:e., falsehood: speech that holds out hopes doomed to disappointment: nothingness х_ SHAAW'_ (H7723)]. EVERY ONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOUR - with the very one to whom he is... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL CUT OFF ALL FLATTERING LIPS, AND THE TONGUE THAT SPEAKETH PROUD THINGS:_ The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips - the expression of confident faith that the Lord will hear the prayer with which the psalm begins, "Help, Lord." For in order that our prayers may be heard, we must b... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHO HAVE SAID, WITH OUR TONGUE WILL WE PREVAIL; OUR LIPS ARE OUR OWN: WHO IS LORD OVER US?_ Our lips are our own - literally, are with us; i:e., are ever at hand to effect what we please. WHO IS LORD OVER US? - who is there to prevent our doing what we please? By our lips we can do what we will.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ The Lord answers the complaint and prayer of faith. FOR ... FOR - Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WORDS OF THE LORD ARE PURE WORDS: AS SILVER TRIED IN A FURNACE OF EARTH, PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES._ The words of the Lord - His promise in Psalms 12:5. The ulterior truth designed by the Spirit is not restricted to this promise, but extends to all God's words, whether of promise or threatening. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT KEEP THEM, O LORD, THOU SHALT PRESERVE THEM FROM THIS GENERATION FOR EVER._ Thou shalt keep them, O Lord - namely, thy people in safety from their persecutors. FROM THIS GENERATION. The corruption was so universal (Psalms 12:1) that the ungodly represent the spirit of the age "from" whi... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WICKED WALK ON EVERY SIDE, WHEN THE VILEST MEN ARE EXALTED._ The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. Hengstenberg rightly objects to this rendering, that the repetition of the complaint, without mention of the believer's hope, would be a quite unsatisfactory conclusion.... [ Continue Reading ]