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Psalms 12:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 12:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 12:48 words
HebrewMeaning
יַכְרֵ֣תyakərēt
may he cut offverbH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
שִׂפְתֵ֣יśipətēy
the lips ofnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
חֲלָק֑וֹתḥălāqwōt
flatteriadjH2513
flattering · ground · parcel · part ···
לָ֝שׁ֗וֹןlāšwōn
a tonguenounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
מְדַבֶּ֥רֶתmədaberet
which speaksverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
גְּדֹלֽוֹתgədōlwōt
great thingsadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
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 12:4

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…

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