Psalms 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. Psalm 13 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
In Context
7Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Cross References
Judges 9:18and ye are risen up against my father`s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
Esther 3:6But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Psalms 55:10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
Isaiah 32:4And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after [man`s] command.
Mark 14:63And the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What further 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 →