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Psalms 12:1-6

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1 Save, O LORD, for 1the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone 2utters lies to his neighbor; with 3flattering lips and 4a double heart they speak.
3 May the LORD cut off all 5flattering lips, the tongue that makes 6great boasts,
4 those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?"
5 "Because 7the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, 8I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the 9safety for which he longs."
6 10The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
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Psalms 12:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David. The word "sheminith" is used in the title of Psalm 6:1, and signifies "eighth"; and intends either the eighth note, to which the psalm was sung, or rather the harp of eight chords, to which it was set, as the Targum and Jarchi interpret it. Some Jewish writers {y} understand it of the times of the Messiah; and the Syriac version entitles the psalm, "an accusation of the wicked, and a prophecy concerning the coming of the Messiah:" and the Arabic version says, it is concerning the end of the world, which shall be in the eighth day; and concerning the coming of the Messiah: but Arnobius interprets it of the Lord's day.

{y} Sepher Lekach Shechachah apud Caphtor, fol. 64. 1. & Ceseph Misnah in Maimon. Hilch. Teshuvah, c. 9.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

  • 1. Isaiah 57:1; Micah 7:2
  • 2. Psalms 41:6; Psalms 144:8
  • 3. Psalms 5:9; Jeremiah 9:8; Romans 16:18
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 12:33; James 1:8
  • 5. [See ver. 2 above]
  • 6. Daniel 7:8; Revelation 13:5; [Psalms 17:10]
  • 7. Psalms 9:12
  • 8. Isaiah 33:10; [Psalms 82:8]
  • 9. See Psalms 55:18
  • 10. Psalms 18:30; Psalms 119:140; Proverbs 30:5; [Psalms 19:8]
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