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Key Verse

Psalms 12:5 KJV

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

Outline

  • Help Lord, For The Godly Man Ceases (v1-2)
  • May The Lord Cut Off All Flattering Lips (v3-4)
  • "For The Sighing Of The Needy, Now I Will Arise" (v5-6)
  • O Lord You Shall Preserve Them Forever (v7-8)

Context

  • Written by David
  • Written in Hebrew
  • Written 1040 B.C. – 970 B.C.
  • Passage type · Poetic
  • 8 verses · 157 words

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To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.ab

2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.c

3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:d

4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?e

5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.f

6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.g

8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.h

  1. a 12:1 upon…: or, upon the eighth
  2. b 12:1 Help: or, Save
  3. c 12:2 a double…: Heb. an heart and an heart
  4. d 12:3 proud: Heb. great
  5. e 12:4 are…: Heb. are with us
  6. f 12:5 puffeth…: or, would ensnare him
  7. g 12:7 them from: Heb. him, etc: that is, every one of them, etc
  8. h 12:8 men: Heb. of the sons of the men
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