Psalms 12:8
The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
In Context
7You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
Cross References
Judges 9:18but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
Esther 3:6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
Psalms 55:10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
Isaiah 32:4The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
Mark 14:63At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more 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 →