Psalms 12:8
(12-9) The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
In Context
7(12-8) Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us 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 it seemed contemptible in his eyes 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 55:10(55-11) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
Isaiah 32:4The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Hosea 5:11Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.
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 →