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詩編 12:3

span data-lang="jpn" data-trans="kyb" data-ref="psa.12.1" class="versetxt"> 1 主よ、お助けください。神を敬う人は絶え、忠信な者は人の子らのなかから消えうせました。2 人はみなその隣り人に偽りを語り、へつらいのくちびると、ふたごころとをもって語る。3 主はすべてのへつらいのくちびると、大きな事を語る舌とを断たれるように。4 彼らは言う、「わたしたちは舌をもって勝を得よう、わたしたちのくちびるはわたしたちのものだ、だれがわたしたちの主人であるか」と。5 主は言われる、「貧しい者がかすめられ、乏しい者が嘆くゆえに、わたしはいま立ちあがって、彼らをその慕い求める安全な所に置こう」と。6 主のことばは清き言葉である。地に設けた炉で練り、七たびきよめた銀のようである。7 主よ、われらを保ち、とこしえにこの人々から免れさせてください。8 卑しい事が人の子のなかにあがめられている時、悪しき者はいたる所でほしいままに歩いています。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Flattery;   Infidelity;   Speaking;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commendation-Reproof;   Flattery;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sheminith;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hypocrisy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Judges (1);   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hypocrisy;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Musician;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joy;   Lip;   Music;   Psalms, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Flattery;   Heart;   James, General Epistle of;   Lying;  

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

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.


 
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