Psalms 12:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For 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 puffethc at him. ”

• Psalms 12:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For the oppression of the poor - That is, on account of the wrong done to the poor in the manner specified above - by the abuse of the power of speech. On account of the slanders uttered against...

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• Psalms 12:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (d) For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will (e) set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him. (d) The Lord is moved with the comp...

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• Psalms 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  poor . wretched. Hebrew. ain . See note on Proverbs 6:11 . saith the LORD . let Jehovah say. from him that puffeth at him . let him [the oppressed] despise it [the oppression], him . it: i.e...

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• Psalms 12:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  5. Because of the spoiling of the needy. David now sets before himself as matter of consolation, the truth that God will not suffer the wicked thus to make havoc without end and measure. The...

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• Psalms 12:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For 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. For the oppression of the poor - This seems...

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• Psalms 12:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Now will I arise, saith the Lord— The beauty and energy of this fine prosopopoeia, must be felt by every reader. Nothing can be more poetical and expressive. Houbigant renders the last clause, I w...

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• Psalms 12:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For 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. The Lord answers the complaint and prayer...

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• Psalms 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  For the oppression — i.e. , on account of the oppression. Here, as in so many psalms and prophecies, we have an ancient oracle of God introduced. The poet first quotes it, and then in Psalms 12:6...

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• Psalms 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  What a blessed relief is here found in divine strength against human deceitfulness; and with what sweetness doth this verse come in to comfort every sorrowful soul, that is sighing and crying for the...

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• Psalms 12:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  GOOD CHEER FOR BAD TIMES ‘Now will I arise, saith the Lord.’ Psalms 12:5 I. Times were bad. —All society was tainted. Truth was nowhere: falseness everywhere. Men’s hearts were double. Flatt...

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• Psalms 12:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For the oppression of the poor ,.... The servants and people of God, who, for the most part, are poor in a temporal sense, and are all of them, and always, so in a spiritual sense, standing continua...

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• Psalms 12:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For 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. Ver. 5. For the oppression of the poor ]...

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• Psalms 12:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For the oppression of the poor Because the poor that put their trust in me, and send up their prayers to me for help, are thus oppressed; now will I arise, saith the Lord Speedily, sooner than th...

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• Psalms 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  For the oppression of the poor; oppressed by Saul through the instigation and artifices of his fawning courtiers. Now ; speedily, sooner than they imagine or expect. From him that puffeth at him...

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• Psalms 12:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘Because of the oppression of the poor, Because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, says YHWH, I will set him in the safety that he pants for.' But they should recognise that YHWH sees...

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• Psalms 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - 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 12:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ecclesiastes 4:1 ; Ecclesiastes 5:8 ; Exodus 2:23 ; Exodus 2:24 ; Exodus 3:7-9 ; Ezekiel 18:12 ; Ezekiel 18:13 ; Ezekiel 18:18 ; Isaiah 19:20 ; Isaiah 33:10 ; James 5:4 ; Job 5:15 ; Job...

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• Psalms 12:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Puffeth — From him that despises him, and hopes to destroy him with a puff of breath.

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