Psalms 12:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a doublea heart do they speak. ”

• Psalms 12:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  XII. A Prayer of Faithful Jews against the Arrogant Tongue of the Ungodly. Psalms 12:1-4 . The godly man ceaseth (see Psalms 4:1-5 ). The wicked acknowledge no responsibility for their words:...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 .

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• Psalms 12:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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, becau...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. They speak vanity every one with his neighbor - They are false and hollow; they say one...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 thei...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 disappoi...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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, wh...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 12:1-8 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 melan...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  God Our Refuge and Defense Psalms 11:1-7 ; Psalms 12:1-8 The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, u...

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• Psalms 12:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 l...

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• Psalms 12:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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, a...

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• Psalms 12:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 frau...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 inclinin...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Complaints of the Times. To the chief musician upon Sheminith. A psalm of David.       1 Help, L ORD ; for the godly man c...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 hav...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘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 h...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Psalms 12:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 u...

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• Psalms 12:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION ANOTHER Davidical psalm, both according to the title and to the general opinion of critics; said (like Psalms 6:1-19 .) to be "upon Sheminith"—an expression of uncertain meaning. I...

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• Psalms 12:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 v...

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• Psalms 12:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 12:33 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:5 ; Ezekiel 12:24 ; James 1:8 ; Jeremiah 9:2-6 ; Jeremiah 9:8 ; Proverbs 20:19 ; Proverbs 29:5 ; Psalms 10:7 ; Psalms 144:11 ; Psalms 144:8 ; Psalms...

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