Psalms 12:2
Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by ◄flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
1Yahweh, help us! It seems that people who are loyal to you have all vanished.
3Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
Cross References
Psalms 5:9My enemies never say what is true; they just want to destroy others. The things that they say [MTY] are as foul as an open grave where a corpse is decaying. They use their tongues to tell lies.
Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with wicked people, with those who do wicked deeds, with those who pretend to act peacefully toward others while in their inner beings, they hate them.
Psalms 38:12And those who want to kill me set traps to catch me; those who want to harm me discuss ways to get rid of me; they plot against me all day.
Psalms 52:1You people think that you are strong and brag about the sins that you have committed, while you plan to harm godly people.
Psalms 59:12Because what they say [MTY] is sinful, allow them to be trapped for being proud. Because they are always cursing and telling lies,
Psalms 116:11Even when I was distressed/worried and said, “I cannot trust anyone,” I continued to trust in Yahweh.
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 →