Psalms 12:4
Who say, “With our tongues will we prevail; Our lips are our reliance; Who is lord over us?”
Noyes Bible
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
3May the LORD destroy all flattering lips, And the tongue which speaketh proud things!
Cross References
Job 21:14And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous man yieldeth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.
Jeremiah 18:18But they say, “Come, let us devise measures against Jeremiah; For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet; Come, let us smite him with the tongue, And not give heed to any of his words.”
2 Thessalonians 2:4he that opposeth and exalteth himself above every one that is called God, or worthy of worship, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself to be God.
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 →