Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 12:3
Verse Psalms 12:3. Proud things] גדלות gedoloth, great things; great swelling words, both in their promises and in their commendations.
Verse Psalms 12:3. Proud things] גדלות gedoloth, great things; great swelling words, both in their promises and in their commendations.
THE LORD SHALL CUT OFF - This might be rendered, “May the Lord cut off,” implying a wish on the part of the psalmist that it might occur. But probably the common rendering is the correct one. It is th...
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...
THE TONGUE, &C. Quoted in James 3:5....
Render: May Jehovah cut off &c. Cp. Psalms 31:17-18. _proud things_ Lit. as R.V., great things; further defined in Psalms 12:4....
The prayer for help passes into a prayer for the excision of these false-hearted braggarts. Cp. Psalms 5:10....
THAT SPEAKETH PROUD THINGS— The Hebrew word גדלות _gedoloth_ signifies _great things,_ or _great words;_ for the more artificial and dissembling a man is, the more he affects a pompous formality in hi...
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...
_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 pra...
12:3 proud (i-12) Lit. 'great.'...
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,...
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...
THE LORD SHALL. — Translate, _May Jehovah cut off._ PROUD THINGS. — Literally, _great things._ Vulg., _linguam magniloquam. _...
_[Psalms 12:4]_ יַכְרֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל ־שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲלָקֹ֑ות...
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...
_Enemy; Saul, &c., or the devil. (St. Augustine) (Calmet)_...
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...
To his complaint in the preceding verse he now subjoins an imprecation, that God would cut off deceitful tongues. It is uncertain whether he wishes that deceitful men may be utterly destroyed, or only...
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...
THE LORD SHALL CUT OFF ALL FLATTERING LIPS,.... This is either a prophecy or a prayer, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; that God either would or should cut off such who used flattery with their lips,...
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 s...
_The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips_ All such as speak kind things to any one, at the same time that they mean quite the contrary in their hearts; _and the tongue that speaketh proud things_ H...
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things, great and swelling words of boastfulness, utterly uprooting the whole kingdom of lies;...
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...
PROUD THINGS: _ Heb._ great things...
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...
Psalms 12:3 LORD H3068 off H3772 (H8686) flattering H2513 lips H8193 tongue H3956 speaks H1696 (H8764) proud...
‘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._ One might have thought that David still lived among us, his cry is so timely, so exactly tr...
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...
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. ⇐...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 12:3 CUT OFF. By removing them from his people (see Leviticus 20:3)....
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...
1 Samuel 17:43; 1 Samuel 17:44; 1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Kings 19:23; 2 K