Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 12:7
Psalms 12:7. Thou shalt keep them Thy words or promises last mentioned. Hebrew, תשׁמרם , tishmerem, thou wilt observe them; and what thou hast promised shall surely be performed, since with thee is no variableness nor shadow of turning. Thou wilt preserve them Hebrew, תצרני , titzrennu thou wilt keep him, that is, thy poor and lowly servant, (spoken of Psalms 12:5,) from the craft and malice of this crooked and perverse generation of men, so that he shall neither be circumvented by... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 12:6
Psalms 12:6. The words of the Lord are pure Without the least mixture of falsehood, and therefore shall be infallibly fulfilled. Men often speak rashly, and promise what they cannot perform, and deceitfully, what they never intend to perform. But God’s words are different; they are pure from all manner of dross; from all folly, or fraud, or uncertainty. “Often have they been put to the test, in the trials of the faithful, like silver committed to the furnace in an earthen crucible; but,... read more