Psalms 12:4
Them who say—With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things,—the tongue that speaketh swelling words;
Cross References
Genesis 3:5For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened,—and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.
Job 21:14Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous, beareth the fruit of wisdom, but, a perverse tongue, shall be cut off.
Jeremiah 18:18Then said they,—Come ye and let us devise against Jeremiah devices, For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor, counsel, from the wise, Nor, the word from the prophet: Come and let as smite him with the tongue, And let us not give ear to any of his words!
2 Thessalonians 2:4The one who opposeth and exalteth himself on high against every one called God, or an object of worship; so that he, within the sanctuary of God, shall take his seat, showeth himself forth, that he is, 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 →