Psalms 12:4
Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
In Context
3How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
Cross References
Genesis 3:5For God knows that, on whatever day you will eat from it, your eyes will be opened; and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.”
Job 21:14Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom. The tongue of the depraved will perish.
Jeremiah 18:18And they said: “Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah. For the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a sermon from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.”
2 Thessalonians 2:4who is an adversary to, and who is lifted up above, all that is called God or that is worshipped, so much so that he sits in the temple of God, presenting himself as if he were God.
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 →