Psalms 12:8
(12:9) On every side do the wicked walk about, when the vile are exalted over the sons of man.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
In Context
7(12:8) Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve them; thou wilt guard them from this generation for ever.
Cross References
Judges 9:18While ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, 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 appeared too contemptible in his eyes to lay his hand on Mordecai alone: for they had told him of the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout all the kingdom of Achashverosh, the people of Mordecai.
Psalms 55:10(55:11) Day and night do these encompass it upon her walls: and wrong and trouble are in her midst.
Isaiah 32:4The heart also of the rash shall be attentive in order to know, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Hosea 5:11Oppressed is Ephraim, broken through punishment; because he willingly walked after the commandment [of false prophets].
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 →