Psalms 12:4
(12-5) Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
3(12-4) May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!
Cross References
Genesis 3:5for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.'
Job 21:14Yet they said unto God: 'Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous buddeth with wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut off.
Jeremiah 18:18Then said they: 'Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.'
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 →