Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 12:5
poor. wretched. Hebrew. ain. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
saith the LORD. let Jehovah say.
from him that puffeth at him. let him [the oppressed] despise it [the oppression],
him. it: i.e. the oppression.
poor. wretched. Hebrew. ain. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
saith the LORD. let Jehovah say.
from him that puffeth at him. let him [the oppressed] despise it [the oppression],
him. it: i.e. the oppression.
Verse Psalms 12:5. _FOR THE OPPRESSION OF THE POOR_] This seems to refer best to the tribulations which the poor Israelites suffered while captives in Babylon. The Lord represents himself as looking o...
FOR THE OPPRESSION OF THE POOR - That is, on account of the wrong done to the poor in the manner specified above - by the abuse of the power of speech. On account of the slanders uttered against them,...
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...
Render: Because of the spoiling of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy. Cp. Exodus 2:24. _Now will I arise_&c. Cp. Isaiah 33:10. The moment for action has at length come. _I will set him_&...
The Psalmist hears God's answer, and affirms its trustworthiness....
NOW WILL I ARISE, SAITH THE LORD— The beauty and energy of this fine prosopopoeia, must be felt by every reader. Nothing can be more poetical and expressive. Houbigant renders the last clause, _I will...
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...
_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 f...
12:5 puff. (k-30) Lit. 'one puffeth.' see Psalms 10:5 ....
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,...
NOW WILL I ARISE] God's time for interposition always arrives sooner or later. The Psalmist pictures the proper moment as having come. _From him that_ PUFFETH, etc.] RV 'at whom they puff.'...
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...
FOR THE OPPRESSION — _i.e._, on account of the oppression. Here, as in so many psalms and prophecies, we have an ancient oracle of God introduced. The poet first quotes it, and then in Psalms 12:6 con...
_[Psalms 12:6]_ מִ שֹּׁ֥ד עֲנִיִּים֮ מֵ אַנְקַ֪ת...
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...
(d) For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will (e) set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him. (d) The Lord is moved with the compl...
What a blessed relief is here found in divine strength against human deceitfulness; and with what sweetness doth this verse come in to comfort every sorrowful soul, that is sighing and crying for the...
_GOOD CHEER FOR BAD TIMES_ ‘Now will I arise, saith the Lord.’ Psalms 12:5 I. TIMES WERE BAD.—All society was tainted. Truth was nowhere: falseness everywhere. Men’s hearts were double. Flattering...
5._Because of the spoiling of the needy. _David now sets before himself as matter of consolation, the truth that God will not suffer the wicked thus to make havoc without end and measure. The more eff...
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...
FOR THE OPPRESSION OF THE POOR,.... The servants and people of God, who, for the most part, are poor in a temporal sense, and are all of them, and always, so in a spiritual sense, standing continually...
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. Ver. 5. _For the oppression of the poor_] Wh...
_For the oppression of the poor_ Because the poor that put their trust in me, and send up their prayers to me for help, are thus oppressed; _now will I arise, saith the Lord_ Speedily, sooner than the...
For the oppression of the poor, those in misery and distress, FOR THE SIGHING OF THE NEEDY, NOW WILL I ARISE, SAITH THE LORD, as the almighty Avenger of wrong; I WILL SET HIM, the poor and downtrodden...
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...
PUFFETH AT HIM: Or, would ensnare him...
FOR THE OPPRESSION OF THE POOR; oppressed by Saul through the instigation and artifices of his fawning courtiers. NOW; speedily, sooner than they imagine or expect. _From him that puffeth at him_, i.e...
Psalms 12:5 oppression H7701 poor H6041 sighing H603 needy H34 arise H6965 (H8799) says H559 (H8799) LORD...
‘Because of the oppression of the poor, Because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, says YHWH, I will set him in the safety that he pants for.' But they should recognise that YHWH sees a...
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...
_For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, with the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him._ THE POOR SET IN SAFETY God’s family in all age...
_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. ⇐...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 12:5 True Israelites will not oppress the POOR and NEEDY but will care for them (see Deuteronomy 15:11;...
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...
Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24; Exodus 3:7
Puffeth — From him that despises him, and hopes to destroy him with a puff of breath....