Psalms 12:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? ”

Psalms 12:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who have said - Who habitually say. This does not mean that they had formally and openly said this - for none would be likely to do so - but that they had practically and really said this by thei...
Psalms 12:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who have said, (c) With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us? (c) They think themselves able to persuade whatever they take in hand.
Psalms 12:4 - 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 12:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

With our tongue will we prevail . Thanks to our tongue, we will prevail.
Psalms 12:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This the Psalmist confirms more fully in the following verse: Who have said, we will be strengthened by our tongues Those must be possessed of great authority who think that, in the very fal...
Psalms 12:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? Our lips are our own - Many think, because they have the faculty of speaking, that therefore they may sp...
Psalms 12:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? Our lips are our own - literally, are with us; i:e., are ever at hand to effect what we please. W...
Psalms 12:4 - 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 12:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With our tongue. — This is the proud saying just mentioned, and is plainly a boast of the power possessed by those who have the ear of persons in authority, and can adroitly “make the worse appear...
Psalms 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who have said, with our tongue will we prevail ,.... Either through the eloquence of them, or the outward force and power with which they are backed. The sense is, as we say, so shall it be; our wor...
Psalms 12:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us? Ver. 4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail ] Dictitant enim, this was a common word wit...
Psalms 12:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

With our tongues will we prevail By raising and spreading evil reports concerning him. We will have the better of all that oppose us; and our tongues are the instruments whereby we will get the vic...
Psalms 12:4 - 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 12:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With our tongue will we prevail, by raising and spreading slanders and evil reports concerning him, whereby both Saul will be highly and implacably enraged against David, and the hearts of the peop...
Psalms 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - 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 12:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 2:4 ; Daniel 3:15 ; Exodus 5:2 ; Genesis 3:5 ; James 3:5 ; James 3:6 ; Jeremiah 18:18 ; Jeremiah 2:31 ; Job 21:14 ; Job 21:15
Psalms 12:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Prevail — By raising and spreading evil reports concerning him. Our own — At our own disposal to speak what we please, who can control or restrain us?

Psalms 12:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 12:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 12:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 12:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 12:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 12:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 12:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 12:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 12:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 12:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 12:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 12:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 12:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 12:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 12:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 12:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes