Psalms 12:8
\12:7\You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
In Context
7\12:6\The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.
9\12:8\The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.
Cross References
Judges 9:18And you have gone against my father's family this day, and have put to death his sons, even seventy men on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his servant-wife, king over the townsmen of Shechem because he is your brother;)
Esther 3:6But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Psalms 55:10\55:9\Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
Isaiah 32:4The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
Mark 14:63And the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, What more need have we of witnesses?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 12:2-8
Complaints of the Times. 1 Help, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will… Read the whole commentary →