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Some think that this Psalm was made when Doeg and the Ziphites betrayed David to Saul, see 1 Samuel 22:and 23.; but it is most likely that was written during the Babylonish captivity.
Adam Clark
Telos: I want to persuade my hearers to believe
God’s Word; that He will help those who seek it while judging those who
apostasies.
1. CRAVE GOD’S HELP
1.1 By admitting you need His help asking Him for it
Help LORD; v1a
Why you crave God’s help? Because the Godly are no longer Godly v1b
for the godly man ceaseth; v1c
for the faithful fail from among the children of men. V1d
They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. V2
2. TAKE CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S JUDGEMENT v3-4,8
Because of the apostates words
Psa 12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering
lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Psa 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Because of the apostates ways
Psa 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest
men are exalted.
3. TAKE CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S HELP v5-7
3.1 Because it’s particular
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy v5a
O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever. V7
3.2 Because it’s personal
now will I arise, saith the LORD; v5b
Micah 7: 6-7 Eph 5:14
3.2 Because God promises it
I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. 5c
3.4 Because God’s promise is pure The words of the LORD are pure [ lit: clean, fair, pure]
words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified
seven times. V6