“Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?”
The quotation of those who say with our tongue we shall prevail; our lips are our own who is lord over us? establishes the wicked's defiant assertion of autonomy. The claim that lips are our own suggests that the wicked believe they can say whatever serves their purposes without accountability. The rhetorical question challenges divine authority, asserting that no one, including God, can control what the wicked say. This verse reveals the wicked's theological position: practical atheism expressed through confident dismissal of divine judgment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 12:4
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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