Psalms 12:2
What meaning of the psalms 12:2 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 12:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a doublea heart do they speak."
What does Psalms 12:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a doublea heart do they speak."
Verse Psalms 12:2. _THEY SPEAK VANITY EVERY ONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOUR_] They are false and hollow; they say one thing while they mean another; there is no trusting to what they say. _FLATTERING LIPS_, A...
THEY SPEAK VANITY - This is a statement of the “manner” in which the “godly” and the “faithful” fail, as stated in Psalms 12:1. One of the ways was that there was a disregard of truth; that no confide...
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 12:1. It is the time of departure from the Lord; the...
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...
THEY SPEAK. Man's words contrasted with Jehovah's words. Compare Psalms 12:6, and see Structure above. DOUBLE. deceitful. Hebrew "a heart and. heart". Compare 1 Chronicles 12:33....
A cry for help in the midst of prevailing faithlessness....
THEY SPEAK VANITY— _They speak falsehood._ Mudge. _A double heart,_ in the Hebrew is ולב בלב _beleb valeb, with heart and heart;_ that is, they spake as if they had two hearts: the one to hate their n...
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 Des...
_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...
12:2 falsehood (g-3) Or 'vanity.' heart, (h-15) Lit. 'a heart and a heart.'...
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...
VANITY. — So in Psalms 41:6 and Job 35:13. Literally, _evil._ “Falsehood” would be better. This verse may have been in St Paul’s mind (Ephesians 4:25). FLATTERING LIPS. — Literally, _lips of smoothne...
_[Psalms 12:3]_ שָׁ֤וְא ׀ יְֽדַבְּרוּ֮ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת ־רֵ֫עֵ֥הוּ שְׂפַ֥ת חֲלָקֹ֑ות בְּ לֵ֖ב וָ לֵ֣ב יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃...
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...
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] (b) flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. (b) He means the flatters of the court which hurt him more with their tongues than...
_Day; frequently. (Worthington) --- Septuagint adds, "and night." (Calmet) --- These cares and perplexities arise from persecutions and from man's weakness. (Worthington)_...
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...
2._Every man speaketh deceit. _David in this verse sets forth that part of unrighteousness which is contrary to truth. He says that there is no sincerity or uprightness in their speech, because the gr...
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...
THEY SPEAK VANITY EVERYONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOUR,.... That which is false and a lie, either doctrinal or practical; what was not according to the word of God, and was vain and empty, frothy, filthy, and...
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. Ver. 2. _They speak vanity every one with his neighbour_] They speak falsely and fraudu...
_They speak vanity_ Or, _falsehood_, which is a vain thing, and wants the solidity of truth. _With a double heart do they speak_ See the margin. They speak as if they had two hearts, the one inclining...
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...
A DOUBLE HEART: _ Heb._ an heart, and an heart...
VANITY; or, _falsehood_, which is a vain thing, and wants the solidity of truth. WITH A DOUBLE HEART; pretending one heart, and that they speak from a kind and upright heart, when they really have ano...
Psalms 12:2 speak H1696 (H8762) idly H7723 everyone H376 neighbor H7453 flattering H2513 lips H8193 double H3820 heart H3820 speak H1696 (H8762) They - Psalms 10:7, Psalms 36:3-4, Psalms 38:12,...
‘Help, YHWH, for the godly man ceases, For the faithful have disappeared from among the children of men. They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour. With flattering lip, and with a double 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...
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...
_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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=ima...
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 a...
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 sa...
1 Chronicles 12:33; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; Ezekiel 12:24; James 1:8; Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 9:8; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 29:5; Psalms 10:7;...