Bible Commentary

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 2. Lit. How long shall I set counsels in my soul? devising one plan after another in vain. daily ] The Heb. word means by day in contrast to by night … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 13:2”

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? forever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 1. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me for ever? (R.V.) Feeling, not logic, shapes the sentence, combining two questions into a self-contradictory expression. He is tempted to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 13:1”

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. 8. Jehovah will preserve the righteous; although when vileness is exalted among the sons of men, when worthless or profligate men are raised to positions of authority, the wicked stalk insolently everywhere, unabashed and unrestrained. Cp. Psa 11:1-3. The Psalmist returns to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 12:8”

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever. 7. More exactly: Thou, O Jehovah, wilt preserve them (as Psa 16:1); Thou wilt guard him &c. The first Thou is emphatic: them refers to the poor and needy of Psa 12:5: him in the second line singles out each one … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 12:7”

The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 6. A general truth with direct application to the promise of the preceding verse. In Jehovah’s words there is no dross of flattery or insincerity or falsehood. Unlike the words of men, they are wholly to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 12:6”

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. 5. Render: Because of the spoiling of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy. Cp. Exo 2:24. Now will I arise &c.] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 12:5”

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us? 4. Who ] Namely, the owners of the flattering lips and boastful tongues. ‘ Our tongue,’ they say, ‘ we will make mighty: our lips are with us,’ under our own control, at command as faithful … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 12:4”

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things: 3. Render: May Jehovah cut off &c. Cp. Psa 31:17-18. proud things ] Lit. as R.V., great things; further defined in Psa 12:4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 3, 4. The prayer for help passes into a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 12:3”

They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. 2. Hypocrisy and duplicity are universal. Men’s words are vanity, or falsehood, hollow and unreal. Their flatteries come from ‘a double heart,’ lit. a heart and a heart, which thinks one thing and utters another, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 12:2”

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 1. Help ] Render save, as in Psa 3:7, Psa 6:4, Psa 7:1, and elsewhere; and note the connexion with in safety, Psa 12:5. for the godly man … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 12:1”