Psalms 12:6

(12:7) The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver refined in the crucible of earth, purified seven times.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

In Context

5(12:6) Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord: I will grant safety to him for whom the other layeth a snare.

7(12:8) Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve them; thou wilt guard them from this generation for ever.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring it up out of that land unto a land, good and large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

2 Samuel 22:31As for God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried; he is a shield to all that trust in him.

Job 28:1For truly there is a source for the silver, and a place for the gold which men refine.

Psalms 18:30(18:31) As for God,—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a shield to all those that trust in him.

Psalms 66:10For thou hast proved us, O God: thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.

Psalms 119:140Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it.

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 →

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