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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 12

Chapter 12

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

(Title

&) Sheminith. or, The eighth.

6:1 *title; 1 Chronicles 15:21

Help

or, Save.

3:7 6:4 54:1 Matthew 8:25 14:30

godly

Genesis 6:12 Isaiah 1:9,21,22 57:1 63:5 Jeremiah 5:1 Micah 7:1,2 Matthew 24:12

faithful

Proverbs 20:6 Isaiah 59:4,13-15

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

They

10:7 36:3,4 38:12 41:6 52:1-4 59:12 144:8,11 Jeremiah 9:2-6,8

flattering

5:9 28:3 62:4 Proverbs 20:19 29:5 Ezekiel 12:24 Romans 16:18 1 Thessalonians 2:5

a double heart

Heb. an heart and an heart.

1 Chronicles 12:33 *marg:; James 1:8

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

cut

Job 32:22

tongue

17:10 73:8,9 Exodus 15:9 1 Samuel 2:3 17:43,44 2 Kings 19:23,24 Isaiah 10:10 Ezekiel 28:2,9 29:3 Daniel 4:30,31 7:8,25 Malachi 3:13 2 Peter 2:18 Jude 1:16 Revelation 13:5

proud

Heb. great.

Proverbs 18:21

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

With

Jeremiah 18:18 James 3:5,6

our own

Heb. with us. who.

Genesis 3:5 Exodus 5:2 Job 21:14,15 Jeremiah 2:31 Daniel 3:15 2 Thessalonians 2:4

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.

oppression

10:12 74:21,22 79:10,11 146:7,8 Exodus 2:23,24 3:7-9 Judges 10:16 Proverbs 14:31 22:22,23 Ecclesiastes 4:1 5:8 Isaiah 19:20 Ezekiel 18:12,13,18 James 5:4

now

Isaiah 33:10 Micah 7:8,9

puffeth at

or, would ensnare.

10:5 Job 5:15,21

The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

words

18:30 19:8 119:140 2 Samuel 22:31 Proverbs 30:5

as silver

66:10

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

thou shalt

16:1 37:28,40 121:8 145:20 Deuteronomy 33:3 1 Samuel 2:9 Isaiah 27:3 1 Peter 1:5 Jude 1:1

them, etc

Heb. him, i.e. every one of them. this.

10:18 Matthew 3:7

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

wicked

Proverbs 29:12 Hosea 5:11 Micah 6:16

when

Judges 9:18-57 1 Samuel 18:17,18 Esther 3:6-15 Isaiah 32:4-6 Mark 14:63-65

men

Heb. of the sons of men.

Job 30:8 Daniel 11:21