Psalms 12:3
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
In Context
2How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The enemy said: ‘I will pursue and overtake them. I will divide the spoils. My soul will be filled. I will unsheathe my sword. My hand will put them to death.’
1 Samuel 17:43And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you approach against me with a staff?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Job 32:22For I do not know how long I will continue, and whether, after a while, my Maker might take me away.
Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Whoever values it shall eat from its fruits.
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 →