The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
When the godly cease and the faithful fail, the times are truly bad, not for want of money or trade, but because wickedness abounds and honest men are scarce. These deceivers speak with flattery on one side and malice on the other, their words smooth but their hearts divided against truth.
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Commenting on Psalm 12:1-8
The proud and the flatterers rage and hector, foaming out their own shame like waves of the sea. They bind Satan's iron bands about themselves as chains of honour, yet boast "Who is lord over us?" not hearing the hollow voice from the infernal lake. Poor fools: their glory shall be cut off like a fading flower.
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Commenting on Psalm 12:3
Bad times come not chiefly from scarcity or war, but from the decay of piety and honesty among men. Godly men are faithful men; their word binds as firmly as an oath. When such men cease or fail, whether by death or desertion, the times grow truly dark.
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Commenting on Psalm 12:1-8