Psalms 12:3

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 his discourse, that he may the better deceive.

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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 pro...
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 wick...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The tongue, &c. Quoted in James 3:5 .
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 wi...
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...
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 expre...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord shall. — Translate, May Jehovah cut off. Proud things. — Literally, great things. Vulg., linguam magniloquam.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 alw...
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,...
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 sh...
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...
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 he...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints of the Times. To the chief musician upon Sheminith. A psalm of D...
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 tongu...
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,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Related Commentaries of Psalms 12:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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