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Themes in Psalm 12

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Themes in Psalm 12

Psalm 12:1 (show verse)

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

Music » Sheminith » In the titles of
Titles and names of saints » Faithful, the

Psalm 12:2 (show verse)

They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

Flattery » The wicked use, to » Others
Heart » The unregenerate » Is double (duplicity)
character of the unrenewed Heart » Double
Vanity » The wicked » Speak
Vanity » Evil people » Speak

Psalm 12:3 (show verse)

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;

Flattery » Punishment of

Psalm 12:4 (show verse)

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 12:5 (show verse)

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

God » To believers » Divine protection
God's Promises » To the poor » Divine protection
Injustice » God » Provoked to avenge
Oppression » God's help promised against
The poor » Promises to » Divine protection
The poor » God » Protects

Psalm 12:6 (show verse)

The words of the Lord are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.

Furnace » Figurative » Of affliction
God » Wisdom of » General references to
Purity » Of the scripture
Purity » What is pure
The scriptures » Described as » Pure
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Silver was purified seven times
Silver » Symbolical
Silver » Illustrative » Of the words of the lord
The bible » Purpose » Purity of
Trial » What is tried
Word » Fulfilment of » General references to
Word » Preached » Purity of

Psalm 12:7 (show verse)

You, O Lord, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.

No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 12:8 (show verse)

The wicked strut about on every side
When

vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Politics » Corruption in