the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Psalms 12:3
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May the Lord cut off all flattering lipsand the tongue that speaks boastfully.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
The Lord will stop those flattering lips and cut off those bragging tongues.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,The tongue that speaks great things;
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things.
Won't you chop off all flattering tongues that brag so loudly?
They all tell lies to each other, flattering with their lips, but speaking from divided hearts.
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
The Lord should cut off their lying lips and cut out their bragging tongues.
The LORD shall destroy all flattering lips and tongues that speak proud things.
Silence those flattering tongues, O Lord ! Close those boastful mouths that say,
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, the tongue speaking great boasts—
Jehovah shall cut off all with flattering lips and the tongue that speaks great things;
O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speaketh proude thinges.
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: [and] the tongue that speaketh great thinges.
Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh great things:
The Lord destrie alle gileful lippis; and the greet spekynge tunge.
Yahweh will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,
May the Lord cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.
May the Lord cut off all lips of false respect, and the tongue that speaks of great things.
May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things, - the tongue that speaketh swelling words;
(11-4) May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,
Slice their lips off their faces! Pull The braggart tongues from their mouths! I'm tired of hearing, "We can talk anyone into anything! Our lips manage the world."
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
Contextual Overview
To the leader: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
Help, O Lord , for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind. 2 They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, 4 those who say, "With our tongues we will prevail; our lips are our own—who is our master?" 5 "Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now rise up," says the Lord ; "I will place them in the safety for which they long." 6 The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. 7 You, O Lord , will protect us; you will guard us from this generation forever. 8 On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among humankind.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
cut: Job 32:22
tongue: Psalms 17:10, Psalms 73:8, Psalms 73:9, Exodus 15:9, 1 Samuel 2:3, 1 Samuel 17:43, 1 Samuel 17:44, 2 Kings 19:23, 2 Kings 19:24, Isaiah 10:10, Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:9, Ezekiel 29:3, Daniel 4:30, Daniel 4:31, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:25, Malachi 3:13, 2 Peter 2:18, Jude 1:16, Revelation 13:5
proud: Heb. great, Proverbs 18:21
Reciprocal: Job 17:5 - He that Psalms 5:9 - they Psalms 31:18 - the lying Psalms 36:3 - The words Psalms 36:11 - foot Psalms 50:19 - tongue Psalms 94:23 - cut them Psalms 140:11 - an evil speaker Proverbs 12:5 - counsels Proverbs 14:3 - the mouth Jeremiah 9:4 - ye heed Jeremiah 23:36 - for every Jeremiah 43:2 - all the Matthew 2:8 - that Acts 24:2 - Seeing Romans 3:13 - with their 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - used
Cross-References
seeing that Abraham shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!"
and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring.
But Laban said to him, "If you will allow me to say so, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you;
For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly; and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own household also?"
From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field.
But if you listen attentively to his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, and cursed is everyone who curses you."
May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun. May all nations be blessed in him; may they pronounce him happy.
And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips,.... This is either a prophecy or a prayer, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; that God either would or should cut off such who used flattery with their lips, by inflicting some judgment in this life, or everlasting punishment hereafter; by taking them away by death "out of the world", as the Targum paraphrases it; or by casting them into hell, where all liars and deceitful persons will have their portion; see Job 32:21;
[and] the tongue that speaketh proud things, or "great things" f, as the little horn, Daniel 7:20; and the beast, or Romish antichrist, who is designed by both, Revelation 13:5; and which will be accomplished when Christ shall destroy him with the breath of his mouth, and the brightness of his coming; and indeed every tongue that riseth up against God, Christ, and his people, will be condemned; when ungodly sinners will be convinced of all their hard speeches, Isaiah 54:17 Judges 1:15. Perhaps some regard may be had to the tongue of Doeg the Edomite; see Psalms 52:3.
f גדלות "magna", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis; "grandia", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The Lord shall cut off - This might be rendered, “May the Lord cut off,” implying a wish on the part of the psalmist that it might occur. But probably the common rendering is the correct one. It is the statement of a solemn truth, designed for warning, that all such persons would be punished.
All flattering lips - The meaning is, that he will cut off all “persons” who use flattery; that is, he will cut them off from the favors which he will show to his own people, or will punish them. The word used here is the common one to denote disowning or excommunicating, and derives its meaning from the act of separating offenders from a community. See Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 18:29; Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:6; et soepe.
And the tongue that speaketh proud things - That boasts, or is self-confident. For an example of this, see Isaiah 28:15; and compare the notes at that passage. It was this disposition to falsehood, flattery, and boasting, which constituted the fact stated in Psalms 12:1, that “godly” and “faithful” men - men on whom reliance might be placed, whose word might be trusted, and whose promised aid in the cause of truth might be depended on - had seemed to “fail” among men. That is, no such men could be found.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 12:3. Proud things — גדלות gedoloth, great things; great swelling words, both in their promises and in their commendations.
