Psalms 12:4
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament attributed to David mourning the disappearance of the faithful and the triumph of those who flatter and speak lies. God promises to arise for the poor and needy who groan, and God's words are pure like silver refined …
Other Translations
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips <FI>are<Fi> our own; who <FI>is<Fi> lord over us?'
They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?
Cross References
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What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? …
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, …
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, …
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God …
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire …
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth …