Psalms 12
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
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