Psalms 12:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proudb things: ”

Psalms 12:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord shall cut off - This might be rendered, “May the Lord cut off,” implying a wish on the part of the psalmist that it might occur. But probably the common rendering is the correct one. It...
Psalms 12:3 - 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:...
Psalms 12:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The tongue, &c. Quoted in James 3:5 .
Psalms 12:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

To his complaint in the preceding verse he now subjoins an imprecation, that God would cut off deceitful tongues. It is uncertain whether he wishes that deceitful men may be utterly destroyed,...
Psalms 12:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Proud things - גדלות gedoloth, great things; great swelling words, both in their promises and in their commend...
Psalms 12:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That speaketh proud things— The Hebrew word גדלות gedoloth signifies great things, or great words; for the more artificial and dissembling a man is, the more he affects a pompous formality in...
Psalms 12:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips - the expression of confident faith that the Lord will hear t...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord shall. — Translate, May Jehovah cut off. Proud things. — Literally, great things. Vulg., linguam magniloquam.
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips ,.... This is either a prophecy or a prayer, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; that God either would or should cut off such who used flattery with their lip...
Psalms 12:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things: Ver. 3. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips ] As a rotten member is cut off from the body - Ne pars...
Psalms 12:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips All such as speak kind things to any one, at the same time that they mean quite the contrary in their hearts; and the tongue that speaketh proud things...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or great things , or great words , either bragging or threatening what they will do, and what great things they will effect, to wit, by their tongues, as they themselves explain it in the next vers...
Psalms 12:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘YHWH will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that makes great boasts, Who have said, ‘With our tongue will we prevail, Our lips are our own, who is lord over us?' ' YHWH assures him in his...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - 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...
Psalms 12:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 17:43 ; 1 Samuel 17:44 ; 1 Samuel 2:3 ; 2 Kings 19:23 ; 2 Kings 19:24 ; 2 Peter 2:18 ; Daniel 4:30 ; Daniel 4:31 ; Daniel 7:25 ; Daniel 7:8 ; Exodus 15:9 ; Ezekiel 28:2 ; Ezekie...

Psalms 12:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 12:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 12:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 12:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 12:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 12:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 12:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 12:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 12:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 12:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 12:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 12:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 12:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 12:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 12:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge