Psalms 12:4
they declare, “Our tongue is our strength, our allies our lips: who is lord over us?”
Open English Bible (US)
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 cut off all the flattering lips, and the tongue that utters arrogance,
Cross References
Genesis 3:5God knows that on the day you eat some of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing what is good and what is evil.”
2 Thessalonians 2:4He is the adversary of everything that is spoken of as a god or as an object of worship, enthroning himself in God’s Temple claiming 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 →