Psaume 12:2

2 On se dit des faussetés les uns aux autres, On a sur les lèvres des choses flatteuses, On parle avec un coeur double.

Psaume 12:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 12:2

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 corrupt; and which no godly and faithful man would do. And this being done in common, by the generality of men, one with another, shows the degeneracy of the age, and supports the complaint before made. They speak even

[with] flattering lips;
as Cain did to Abel, Joab to Amasa, the Herodians to Christ, Judas to his Master, false teachers to those that are simple, hypocrites to God himself, when they draw nigh to him only with their lips, and all formal professors to the churches of Christ, when they profess themselves to be what they are not. And this is a further proof of the justness of the above complaint;

[and] with a double heart do they speak:
or "with an heart and an heart" ^F4; such are double minded men, who say one thing, and mean another; their words are not to be depended upon; there is no faithfulness in them. The Chinese ^F5 reckon a man of "two hearts", as they call him, a very wicked man, and none more remote from honesty.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (blw blb) "in corde & corde", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus.
F5 Martin. Sinic. Hist. p. 144. a heart having (dicomuyon nohma) , a double meaning, as Pittacus says, Laert. in Vit. Pittac. l. 1. p. 53.

Psaume 12:2 In-Context

1 Au chef des chantres. Sur la harpe à huit cordes. Psaume de David. Sauve, Eternel! car les hommes pieux s'en vont, Les fidèles disparaissent parmi les fils de l'homme.

2 On se dit des faussetés les uns aux autres, On a sur les lèvres des choses flatteuses, On parle avec un coeur double.

3 Que l'Eternel extermine toutes les lèvres flatteuses, La langue qui discourt avec arrogance,

4 Ceux qui disent: Nous sommes puissants par notre langue, Nous avons nos lèvres avec nous; Qui serait notre maître? -

5 Parce que les malheureux sont opprimés et que les pauvres gémissent, Maintenant, dit l'Eternel, je me lève, J'apporte le salut à ceux contre qui l'on souffle.