Passage Research
Psalm 12 — Sermon Preparation
David laments a world where the faithful have vanished and everyone flatters, yet God's words are flawless silver refined seven times. Below is a research summary for Psalm 12, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 12 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׂפָה | sâphâh | H8193 | 3 | lip, language |
| חֶלְקָה | chelqâh | H2513 | 2 | smoothness, flattery |
| אִמְרָה | ʼimrâh | H565 | 2 | |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 3 | arrange, speak |
| לָשׁוֹן | lâshôwn | H3956 | 2 | tongue |
| אָדָם | ʼâdâm | H120 | 2 | ruddy, human being |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 2 | heart, feelings |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is supposed that David penned this psalm in Saul's reign, when there was a general decay of honesty and piety both in court and country, which he here complains of to God, and very feelingly, for he himself suffered by the treachery of his false friends and the insolence of his sworn enemies. I. He begs help of God, because there were none among men whom he durst trust, ver. 1, 2. II. He foretels the destruction of his proud and threatening enemies, ver. 3, 4. III. He assures himself and others that, how ill soever things went now (ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 12:1–30 (Public Domain)
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