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Psalms 12:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 12:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 12:210 words
HebrewMeaning
הוֹשִׁ֣יעָ/הhwōšiyʿāh
save !verbH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
גָמַ֣רgāmar
he has come to an endverbH1584
come to an end · fail · perfect · perform
חָסִ֑ידḥāsiyd
the faithfuladjH2623
good · holy · merciful · saint ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
פַ֥סּוּpasw
they have vanishedverbH6461
אֱ֝מוּנִ֗יםʾĕmwniym
henceadjH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
מִ/בְּנֵ֥יmibənēy
from the children ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָדָֽםʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 12:2

To the end, for the eighth, a psalm of David. 1. It has been said on the sixth Psalm, that “the eighth” may be taken as the day of judgment. “For the eighth” may also be taken “for the eternal age;” for that after the time present, which is a cycle of seven days, it shall be given to the Saints. 2. “Save me, O Lord, for the holy has failed;” that is, is not found: as we speak when we say, Grain fails, or, Money fails. “For the truths have been minished from among the sons…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 12
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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