Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 12:4
Prevail — By raising and spreading evil reports concerning him. Our own — At our own disposal to speak what we please, who can control or restrain us?
Prevail — By raising and spreading evil reports concerning him. Our own — At our own disposal to speak what we please, who can control or restrain us?
Verse Psalms 12:4. _OUR LIPS_ ARE _OUR OWN_] Many think, because they have the faculty of speaking, that therefore they may speak what they please. Old MS. - The qwilk sayd, our toung we sal wyrchip...
WHO HAVE SAID - Who habitually say. This does not mean that they had formally and openly said this - for none would be likely to do so - but that they had practically and really said this by their con...
Psalms 12 _ 1. The arrogance of the wicked in the last days (Psalms 12:1)_ 2. Then Jehovah will act and deliver His people (Psalms 12:5) Psalms 1
XII. A PRAYER OF FAITHFUL JEWS AGAINST THE ARROGANT TONGUE OF THE UNGODLY. Psalms 12:1_._ The godly man ceaseth (see Psalms 4:1). The wicked acknowledge no responsibility for their words: they say, T...
WITH OUR TONGUE WILL WE PREVAIL. Thanks to our tongue, we will prevail....
_Who_ Namely, the owners of the flattering lips and boastful tongues. - _Our tongue_," they say, - _we will make mighty: our lips are with us_," under our own control, at command as faithful allies; _...
The prayer for help passes into a prayer for the excision of these false-hearted braggarts. Cp. Psalms 5:10....
PSALMS 12 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE General Corruption, Evidenced by Sin of the Tongue, Impels to Prayer and Calls Forth a Divine Answer. ANALYSIS In Stanzas I. and II. (Psalms 12:1-4), the Petitioner Desc...
_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 L...
BOOK 1 The Pss. in this book are probably among the earliest in the Psalter, and include most of those generally regarded as Davidic. They seem to have existed separately as an early hymn-book, which,...
OUR LIPS _are_ OUR OWN] We have a right to say what we please, to gain our end....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
WITH OUR TONGUE. — This is the proud saying just mentioned, and is plainly a boast of the power possessed by those who have the ear of persons in authority, and can adroitly “make the worse appear the...
_[Psalms 12:5]_ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ לִ לְשֹׁנֵ֣נוּ נַ֭גְבִּיר...
Psalms 12:1 ONE penalty of living near God is keen pain from low lives. The ears that hear God's word cannot but be stunned and hurt by the babble of empty speech. This psalm is profoundly melancholy,...
GOD OUR REFUGE AND DEFENSE Psalms 11:1; Psalms 12:1 The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, urged him to...
Out of a consciousness of the terrible evil of his times, the worshiper cries to Jehovah for help. The failure of godly men and faithful souls is always the gravest peril which can threaten a nation o...
Who have said, (c) With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us? (c) They think themselves able to persuade whatever they take in hand....
_Death, by mortal sin, (Worthington) or through excessive sorrow, Jeremias li. 39. Shew me thy favour, (Calmet) and I shall be secure. Sleep is represented as nearly related to death. (Homer, Iliad xi...
While the Lord's people are not earnest to assemble, the vain will assemble, and their conversation will be trifling. The children of this world are, in their generation, wiser than the children of li...
This the Psalmist confirms more fully in the following verse: _Who have said, we will be strengthened by our tongues _Those must be possessed of great authority who think that, in the very falsehood t...
Such is the general basis of the godly man's confidence and walk; but they are not insensible to the evil, but can present it to the Lord. This is the subject of Psalms 12, "Help, Jehovah, for the god...
WHO HAVE SAID, WITH OUR TONGUE WILL WE PREVAIL,.... Either through the eloquence of them, or the outward force and power with which they are backed. The sense is, as we say, so shall it be; our words...
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us? Ver. 4. _Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail_] _Dictitant enim,_ this was a common word with...
_With our tongues will we prevail_ By raising and spreading evil reports concerning him. We will have the better of all that oppose us; and our tongues are the instruments whereby we will get the vict...
who have said, With our tongues will we prevail, showing strength with them, believing themselves to be absolute masters of their words; OUR LIPS ARE OUR OWN, to formulate all the flattering speeches...
PRAYER FOR GOD'S PROTECTION OF HIS CHURCH. This psalm again shows a prophetical strain; it is applicable throughout to the little flock, the poor, small crew of the Christian Church, in its many vici...
ARE OUR OWN: _ Heb._ are with us...
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...
Psalms 12:4 said H559 (H8804) tongue H3956 prevail H1396 (H8686) lips H8193 lord H113 With -...
‘YHWH will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that makes great boasts, Who have said, ‘With our tongue will we prevail, Our lips are our own, who is lord over us?' ' YHWH assures him in his he...
Psalms 12:1. _Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men._ The Psalm speaks of a very discouraging time, and records a very dreary fact, but the psalm...
Psalms 12:1. _Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men._ One might have thought that David still lived among us, his cry is so timely, so exactly tr...
CONTENTS: A prayer for help against oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer is commonly tempted to think that because trouble has lasted long, it will last always, but if he wil...
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...
_The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips._ THE LAWLESSNESS OF THE TONGUE The language of agitators is indicated in this text, of men who think to carry everything by free speech, a free press, and...
_Help, 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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 12:1. This is a community lament, describing a time when liars are in positions of authority. ⇐...
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 an...
EXPOSITION ANOTHER Davidical psalm, both according to the title and to the general opinion of critics; said (like Psalms 6:1.) to be "upon Sheminith"—an expression of uncertain meaning. It consists of...
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 sai...
2 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 3:15; Exodus 5:2; Genesis 3:5; James 3:5;...