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Psalm 12:3 KJV
Psalms · chapter 12 · verse 3
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:Psalm 12:3 · King James Version
Psalm 12:3 in context
1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- flatteringchelqâhproperly, smoothnessH2513 →
- speakethdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- tonguelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- lipssâphâhthe lipH8193 →
- offkârathto cutH3772 →
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This psalm furnishes us with good thoughts for bad times, in which, though the prudent will keep silent (Amo 5:13) because a man may then be made an offender for a word, yet we may comfort ourselves with such suitable meditations and prayers as are here got ready to our hand. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8