Psalm 12

Psalm 12

Verso 1

"Ajuda, Senhor." Uma oração curta, mas doce, sugestiva, condizível it is useful; a kind of angel sword, to be turned in all directions and used on all occasions. Ainsworth says that the word translated as "help" is widely used for all kinds of save, assist, deliver, preserve, etc. Thus, it seems that the prayer is very complete and instructive. The the psalmist sees the extreme danger of his position, for it is better than a man it is better to be among lions than among liars; he feels his own inability to deal with such sons of Belial, for "he who touches them must to be surrounded by iron"; he, therefore, turns to his all-sufficient self Helper, O Lord, whose assistance is never denied to your servants, and whose help is sufficient for all your needs. "Help, Lord" is a very useful ejaculation that we can launch into the sky in emergencies, whether in labor, learning, suffering, fighting, living or dying. How small ships can navigate in ports that ships larger ones, attracting more water, cannot enter, so our brief cries and short petitions can be negotiated with the heavens when our soul is tied to the wind and connected to business, as for longer workouts of devotion, and when the torrent of grace seems too low to make a more laborious supplication. "For the godly man ceases"; death, departure or the decline of godly men should be a trumpet for more prayer. They say that the fish first smells at the head and, when the righteous men decline, the whole community will soon rot. We should not, however, be precipitated in our judgment at this point, for Elias made a mistake in counting himself even as the only servant of the living God, when there were thousands who did Sir was kept in reserve. The current times always seem to be peculiarly dangerous, because they are closer to our anxious gaze, and whatever evils abound, they will surely be observed, while the faults of the past eras are more distant and are more easily overlooked. However, we hope that in the last days, because iniquity will abound, the love of many will grow cold we should divert ourselves more completely from man, and direct ourselves to the Lord of the Churches, by whose help the gates of hell will be kept from prevail against us. 'The faithful fail among the children of men'; when piety goes, fidelity inevitably follows; without fear of God, the men do not love the truth. Common honesty is no longer common when common irreligion leads to the absence of a universal god. David was in I look at Doegue and the men of Zife and Queila, and perhaps he remembered the priests murdered from Nob and the many outcasts who associated with him in the cave of Adullam, and wondered where the State would move without the anchors of your pious and faithful men. David, in the midst of the general disorder, did not succumb to seditious factions, but to solemn petitions; nor did it unite with crowd to do evil, but took the arms of prayer to resist the his attacks on virtue. But for solemn petitions; nor did he join the crowd to to do evil, but took the arms of prayer to resist his attacks to the virtue. But for solemn petitions; nor did he join the crowd to do evil, but took the arms of prayer to resist his attacks on virtue.

Verse 2

"They speak vanity, each one with his neighbor." They utter that which is going to be heard, because of its frivolous and senseless lack of value; It is vain to believe, because he was false and dishonest; to trust in vain, for he was deceitful and flattering; vain to consider, for it elevated the listener, filling him with vain self-assumption. It is a sad thing when it is It's fashionable to talk about vanity. 'Come to me, and I will go.' This is the old Scottish proverb; me Give me a character with a high sound, and I will give you one. Compliments and congratulations.

They are hateful to honest men; they know that if they take, they must give. they, and they also despise. These accommodation accounts are more admired by those who are bankrupt in character. Bad are the times in that every man thus pursues and approaches his neighbor. "With lips flatterers and with a double heart they speak. "He who swells the heart on the other hand, there is nothing better than the wind itself. If a man he exalts me in my face, he only shows me one side of his heart, and the other it is black with contempt for me, or with the intention of deceiving me. A Flattery is the sign of the tavern where duplicity is the host. The Chinese they consider a man with two hearts to be a very basic man, and We will be safe in considering all flattery as such.

Verses 3, 4. Total destruction must oppress those who love flattery and pride, but meanwhile, they love and smolder! Well, the apostle them called it "furious waves of the sea, foaming their own shame." The free thinkers are usually very free speakers, and they never stay more than will of what when it opposes the dominion of God and arrogates to itself the same unlimited license. Strange that the gentle yoke of the Lord should be so much to oppose the proud, while the iron shackles of Satan are they would bind themselves as chains of honor: they cry out eagerly to God: Who is the lord over us? of the infernal lake: "I am your lord, and rightfully so, you serve me". Woe to the poor fools, their pride and glory will be cut off like a flower downcast! May God grant that our soul is not gathered to them. Worth it it's a pity to observe that flattering lips and tongues that speak proudly, they are classified together: the appropriateness of this is clear, for they are guilty of the same vice, the first flatterer another, and the either flatters himself, in both cases. lie is in his hands certainly. Generally, it is imagined that the sycophants are parasites so stingy, so shriveled and sycophantic, that they cannot be proud; but the wise man will tell you that although all pride is truly Evil exists, in the very same inferiority, a small degree of pride.

Caesar's horse is even prouder of carrying Caesar than Caesar is of mount it. The carpet on which the emperor wiped his shoes boasts vainly, shouting: "I cleaned the imperial boots". No one is so detestably dominant over the little creatures that take risks in the office, shrinking for the great ones; these are bad times, indeed, in which these detestable beings are numerous and powerful. It is not surprising that God's justice in cutting off such harmful people may be a matter for a salmo, for both the earth and the sky are tired of such offenders provocateurs, whose presence is a plague for the people afflicted by them.

Men cannot dominate the languages of such flattering braggarts; but the Lord's remedy, if sharp is certain, and it is an unanswered response to your words of vanity. because both the earth and the sky are tired of such provocative offenders, whose presence is a plague for the affected people for them. Men cannot dominate the languages of such flatterers. braggarts; but the Lord's remedy, if sharp is certain, and is an answer irrespondível às suas palavras de vaidade.porque tanto a terra como o céu they are tired of such provoking offenders, whose presence is a plague for the people affected by them. Men cannot dominate languages of such blustering flatterers; but the remedy of the Lord, if sharpened is certainly, and is An unanswerable response to your words of vanity.

Verse 5

In due time, the Lord will hear His elect, who cry out day and the night to him, and although it takes a long time with his oppressors, still the it will quickly come to pass. Note that the mere oppression of the saints, no matter how much silent though they are, it is in itself a cry to God: Moses was heard at the Sea Red, although he said nothing; and the distress of Hagar was heard despite from your silence. Jesus feels with his people, and his senses are powerful speakers with him. Sometimes, however, they start to sigh and express their sadness, and then relief comes swiftly. Nothing moves a father like the screams of his children; he bends down, awakens his masculinity, brings down the enemy and puts his beloved in safety. A breath is too much for the child to endure, and the enemy is so arrogant that he laughs at the small to despise; but the Then it's the child's turn to laugh when he is above the anger of his tormentor. What virtue is there in the sighs of a poor man, that they they must move the Almighty God to rise from His throne. The the needy did not dare to speak, and could only sigh in secret, but the The Lord heard, and could no longer rest, but girded His sword for the battle. It is a fair day when our soul brings God into its fight, for when your bare arm is seen, Philistia must lament the day. The hours more The dark nights of the Church are those that precede the breaking of the day.

The man's end is of God but the Lord heard and could no longer to rest, but he girded the sword for battle. It is a just day when our soul brings God to its fight, for when your bare arm is seen, Philistia must to lament the day. The darkest hours of the Church's night are those that before the break of day. The end of man is from God but the Lord he heard and could rest no more, but girded on his sword for battle. It is a day just when our soul brings God to its fight, for when your arm it is not seen, Philistia should mourn the day. The darkest hours of the night of Churches are those that precede the break of day. The extremity of man is from God opportunity. Jesus will come to deliver just when your the needy sighed, as if all hope had gone forever. Oh Lord, put your hand close to me now and rise quickly to the our help. If the distressed reader can take hold of the promise of this verse, that he, with gratitude, achieves the fullness of his comfort. Gurnall says: How can someone extract the wine from a whole pig in one go, which a poor soul may obtain the comfort of the entire pact for itself through of a promise, if he can apply it." He who promises to put us in security means, thus, the preservation on earth and eternal salvation in sky.

Verse 6 What a contrast between the vain words of man and the pure words of Jehovah. The words of man are yes and no, but the promises of the Lord are yes and amen. For truth, certainty, holiness, faithfulness, the words of Sir, you are pure and refined silver. In the original, there is an allusion to the process. but more severely purifying known by the ancients, through which silver it was a time when the greatest possible purity was desired; all the slag was removed consumed, and only the bright and precious metal remained; so clear and free from all the bond of error or unfaithfulness is the book of the words of the Lord. The The Bible has gone through the furnace of persecution, literary criticism, and philosophical doubt. and scientific discovery, and lost nothing but those interpretations. humans who clung to it like a bond to precious ore. The experience Dos Santos tried in every conceivable way, but not a single one. doctrine or promise was consumed in the most excessive heat. What are the the words of God, the words of His children should be. If we want to be divine in conversation, we must observe our language and maintain purity more rigorous integrity and holiness in all our communications.

7. Fall into the hands of a wicked generation, so as to be drawn by its cruelty, or polluted by its influence, is an evil to be feared beyond the measure; but it is an evil foreseen and predicted in the text. In life, many saints they lived a hundred years before their age, as if they had cast their soul into a brighter future escaped from the mists of the obscured present: he was for your irreversible and misunderstood grave, and behold! how generations come and suddenly the hero is unearthed and lives in admiration and love of excellent from the earth; preserved forever from the generation that stigmatized it like a sower of sedition, or he burned him as a heretic. It must be ours daily prayer that we may rise above our age like the peaks the mountains above the clouds, and can stand out like a pinnacle that points to the sky, above the mists of ignorance and sin, that roll towards our surroundings. O Eternal Spirit, fulfill in us the faithful saying of this verse! Our faith believes in those words that assure and proclaim: "You shall", "you you must.

Verse 8

Here we return to the source of bitterness, which first made the psalmist running to the wells of salvation, that is, the prevalence of evil.

When those in power are vile, their subordinates will not be better.

Just as a hot sun brings harmful flies, a sinner in honor. promotes addiction everywhere. Our territory would not be so swarmed of the abominable if those who are honored in style did not render their approval of the art. I wished to God that the glory and the triumph of our Lord Jesus encouraged us to walk and work in all directions; like acts similar to similar, since an exalted sinner encourages the sinners, our exalted Redeemer must certainly excite, delight and stimulate your saints.

Nerved by the sight of your reigning power, we will find the evils of times in the spirit of the holy resolution, and we pray more hopefully: "Help, Lord".