Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 12:1-8
Psalms 12:0 1. The arrogance of the wicked in the last days (Psalms 12:1-4 ) 2. Then Jehovah will act and deliver His people (Psalms 12:5-8 ) Psalms 12:1-4 . It is the time of departure from the Lord; the godly and faithful have ceased. It is a mass of corruption, lying lips, flattering lips, proud lips. They reject the Lord. “Who is lord over us?” Psalms 12:5-8 . Then faith sees the coming intervention. The Lord will speak. “Now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety whom... read more
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 12:1-8
Psalms 12:1-8ONE penalty of living near God is keen pain from low lives. The ears that hear God’s word cannot but be stunned and hurt by the babble of empty speech. This psalm is profoundly melancholy, but without trace of personal affliction. The psalmist is not sad for himself, but sick of the clatter of godless tongues, in which he discerns the outcome of godless lives. His plaint wakes echoes in hearts touched by the love of God and the visions of man’s true life. It passes through four... read more