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Psalms 12

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1To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • דָבַרdâbarH16963× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • שָׂפָהsâphâhH81933× in this chapter

    the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

  • בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אָדָםʼâdâmH1202× in this chapter

    ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

  • חֶלְקָהchelqâhH25132× in this chapter

    properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment

  • כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • לֵבlêbH38202× in this chapter

    the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

  • לָשׁוֹןlâshôwnH39562× in this chapter

    the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5592× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • אִמְרָהʼimrâhH5652× in this chapter

    {something said}

  • אֵתʼêthH8542× in this chapter

    properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

  • אָדוֹןʼâdôwnH1131× in this chapter

    sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)

  • גָּבַרgâbarH13961× in this chapter

    to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently

  • גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14191× in this chapter

    great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

  • גָּמַרgâmarH15841× in this chapter

    to end (in the sense of completion or failure)

  • דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter

    David, the youngest son of Jesse

  • דּוֹרdôwrH17551× in this chapter

    properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • זוּzûwH20981× in this chapter

    this or that

  • זֻלּוּתzullûwthH21491× in this chapter

    properly, a shaking, i.e. perhaps a tempest

  • זָקַקzâqaqH22121× in this chapter

    to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify

  • חָסִידchâçîydH26231× in this chapter

    properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)

  • טָהוֹרṭâhôwrH28891× in this chapter

    pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)

  • אֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwnH341× in this chapter

    destitute

  • יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34671× in this chapter

    properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

  • יֶשַׁעyeshaʻH34681× in this chapter

    liberty, deliverance, prosperity

  • כֹּלkôlH36051× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • כֶּסֶףkeçephH37011× in this chapter

    silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3761× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • כָּרַתkârathH37721× in this chapter

    to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

  • מִזְמוֹרmizmôwrH42101× in this chapter

    properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes

  • מִיmîyH43101× in this chapter

    who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

  • מִןminH44801× in this chapter

    properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

  • אֵמוּןʼêmûwnH5291× in this chapter

    established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness

  • נָצַחnâtsachH53291× in this chapter

    properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent

  • נָצַרnâtsarH53411× in this chapter

    to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)

  • סָבִיבçâbîybH54391× in this chapter

    (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

  • עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57691× in this chapter

    properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

  • עַלʻalH59211× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

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