Psalms 12 Footnotes
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Ps 12 “According to Sheminith” in the superscription may refer to a popular song that was to be used as a pattern for performing this psalm in the sanctuary.
12:5 The figurative expression “I will now rise up” refers to God beginning to act on behalf of the weak and the needy. The Lord will protect the victims of the arrogant and deceitful words of the wicked. For God to “rise up” (Hb qum) was an expression used whenever the ark of the covenant set out in the wilderness (Nm 10:35); it conveyed the image of the Lord’s leadership and his defeat of the enemies of his people. David’s words here bring this picture to mind (Ps 68:1).