2 Samuel 22:31; Proverbs 30:5; Psalms 119:140; Psalms 18:30; Psalms 19:8; Psalms 66:10
The words of the Lord - In contrast with the words of the persons referred to in Psalms 12:2-4 . Their words were vanity, flattery, and falsehoo...
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...
words . the spoken words, sayings, or utterances. Compare Psalms 119:38 . silver tried: i.e. pure silver. furnace . crucible. Put. full stop a...
6. The words of Jehovah. The Psalmist now declares, that God is sure, faithful, and steadfast in his promises. But the insertion by the way...
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. The words of the Lord are pure words - None of...
The words of the Lord are pure words— The words of God, mentioned in the verse before, may certainly be depended on; they are pure truth, without a...
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. The words of the Lord - His promise in Ps...
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...
The words of the lord ] His promises of help to the righteous. They are reliable, in contrast to the deceitful words of the wicked in Psalms 12:2 ....
As silver. — This solemn promise of Jehovah may be relied on, for His words are not like those of deceitful men — alloyed with self and falsehood —...
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 babb...
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 persecut...
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...
How beautifully is this verse introduced, by way of contrast to what was said before concerning the words of the ungodly. Do sinners talk of vanity?...
The words of the Lord [are] pure words ,.... This observation the psalmist makes in reference to what is just now said in Psalms 12:5 :, and in opp...
The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Ver. 6. The words of the Lord are pure word...
The words of the Lord are pure Without the least mixture of falsehood, and therefore shall be infallibly fulfilled. Men often speak rashly , and p...
Complaints of the Times. To the chief musician upon Sheminith. A psalm of D...
Pure; or, sincere ; without the least mixture of vanity or falsehood; and therefore shall infallibly be fulfilled. This he seems to add to answer...
‘The words of YHWH are pure words, As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times. In contrast to the deceit and falsehood of men...
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 hist...
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 stil...
Psalms 12:1 . Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. The Psalm speaks of a very discouragin...
Psalms 12:1 . Help, Lord; for the godly, Hebrews חסיד chasid, the merciful man ceaseth. The true reading is preferable, because it joins piety...
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 words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. The excellence of the Holy Scriptures I. The...
EXPOSITION ANOTHER Davidical psalm, both according to the title and to the general opinion of critics; said (like Psalms 6:1-19 .) to be "upo...
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,...
The words of the Lord are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace of earth, a workshop with its crucible surrounded with earth being in the poet's m...
Pure — Without the least mixture of falsehood; and therefore shall infallibly be fulfilled.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.