Psalms 12:8
Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us.: and keep us from this generation for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
In Context
9The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou best multiplied the children of men.
Cross References
Judges 9:18And you are now risen up against my father's house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his handmaid king over the inhabitants of Sichem, because he is your brother:
Esther 3:6And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of Assuerus.
Psalms 55:10I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
Isaiah 32:4And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.
Mark 14:63Then the high priest rending his garments, saith: What need we any further 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 →