Psalm 12:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 12:5

Psalms 12:5. For the oppression of the poor Because the poor that put their trust in me, and send up their prayers to me for help, are thus oppressed; now will I arise, saith the Lord Speedily, sooner than they imagine or expect. I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him That despises him, and hopes to destroy him with a puff of breath. “The beauty and energy of this fine prosopopœia,” says Dr. Dodd, “must be felt by every reader.” When oppressors are in the height of their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 12:1-8

Psalms 11-13 Persevere . . . or give in?There came a time when David became tired of his continual flight from Saul, not just because it was wearying, but because it was cutting him off from the public worship places of God’s people (1 Samuel 26:19). His spiritual life was weakened and he gave in to the temptation to leave his own country for the safety of enemy Philistia (1 Samuel 27:1). This is the sort of temptation that David considers in Psalms 11:0, the temptation to go along with... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 12:5

poor = wretched. Hebrew ' ain . See note on Proverbs 6:11 . saith the LORD = let Jehovah say. from him that puffeth at him = let him [the oppressed] despise it [the oppression], him = it: i.e. the oppression. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 12:5

"Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;I will set him in the safety he panteth for."These words constitute a direct answer to David's cry for help from the Lord."Now will I arise, saith Jehovah." Addis and other radical critics have alleged that this is a quotation from Isaiah 33:10;[5] but it takes a vivid imagination indeed to believe that five words, the equivalent of which are used a thousand times in the Bible, are any... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 12:5

Psalms 12:5. Now will I arise, saith the Lord— The beauty and energy of this fine prosopopoeia, must be felt by every reader. Nothing can be more poetical and expressive. Houbigant renders the last clause, I will procure them safety, that they may breathe; namely, from their troubles. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 12:5

5. The writer intimates his confidence by depicting God's actions (compare Psalms 9:19; Psalms 10:12) as coming to save the poor at whom the wicked sneer (Psalms 10:12- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 12:1-8

Psalms 12David placed great confidence in the promises of God to deliver those who look to Him for salvation. This was not easy for the psalmist to do, since in his day powerful wicked people were taking advantage of the weak and vulnerable (cf. Psalms 11:3). The genre of this psalm is probably a community lament with a statement of confidence in God. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 12:5

2. Assurance of deliverance 12:5We do not know how David received the assurance that God would deal with the liars that troubled him. It was a prophetic insight, and it may have come directly from God or through another prophet. However, in view of the verses that follow, the psalmist perceived it as an authoritative promise from God. This is the first of several psalms that contain an answering oracle from the Lord (cf. Psalms 60, 81, 95). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 12:1-8

The same subject may be traced here as in Psalms 9-11, viz. a time of persecution and oppression coupled with a conviction that God lives and will yet deliver.Title as in Psalms 6.2. Vanity] empty and false words. A double heart] a figure for treachery and deceit.4. Our lips are our own] We have a right to say what we please, to gain our end.5. Now will I arise] God’s time for interposition always arrives sooner or later. The Psalmist pictures the proper moment as having come. From him that... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 12:5

(5) For the oppression—i.e., on account of the oppression. Here, as in so many psalms and prophecies, we have an ancient oracle of God introduced. The poet first quotes it, and then in Psalms 12:6 contrasts its truth and genuineness with the false speeches of hypocrites.I will set.—Literally, I will set in safety; he blows at it: which may mean either, “I will ensure him of the safety for which he panteth,” or “I will set him in safety who panteth for it.” This sense is fixed by Habakkuk 2:3 :... read more

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