Psalms 12:6
I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, 1 And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
5But I have hoped in thy mercy; 1 My heart shall exult in thy salvation. 1
Cross References
Exodus 3:8And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites.
2 Samuel 22:31As for the Mighty One, his way is blameless: 1 The word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire: 1 He is a protector to all that put their trust in him. 1
Job 28:1For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, 1 And a place for the gold, whence it is refined. 1
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 →