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**To the chief Musician.** See App-64 .
**upon Sheminith** = the *Sheminith.* See App-65 .
**Title. A Psalm.** See App-65 .
**Help** = Save.
**godly man** = "gracious [man]".
**ceaseth** = is no more. Compare [Isaiah 57:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/1) .[Micah 7:2](../../../kjv/micah/7/2) .
**faithful.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , put for faithful men.
**children of men** = sons of men. (Hebrew ' *adam* . App-14 .)

**They speak.** Man's words contrasted with Jehovah's words. Compare [Psalms 12:6](../../../kjv/psalms/12/6) , and see Structure above.
**double** = deceitful. Hebrew "a heart and a heart". Compare [1 Chronicles 12:33](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/33) .

**The tongue, &c.** Quoted in [James 3:5](../../../kjv/james/3/5) .

**With our tongue will we prevail** = Thanks to our tongue, we will prevail.

**poor** = wretched. Hebrew ' *ain* . See note on [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) .
**saith the LORD** = let Jehovah say.
**from him that puffeth at him** = let him [the oppressed] despise it [the oppression],
**him** = it: i.e. the oppression.

**words** = the spoken words, sayings, or utterances. Compare [Psalms 119:38](../../../kjv/psalms/119/38) .
**silver tried:** i.e. pure silver.
**furnace** = crucible. Put a full stop after this word.
**of** = to, or pertaining to (referring to the "words"). The letter lamed is the sign of the Dative case, not the Genitive.
**earth.** Hebrew. *'erez* (the earth), not *'adamah* (the ground): i.e. "words for, or pertaining to the earth", but purified seven times: i.e. with spiritual perfection (see App-10 ). Some are used with a higher meaning; some in a different sense. [Psalms 12:6](../../../kjv/psalms/12/6) is an alternation.
**Purified.** The verb is singular, agreeing with silver. The words of Jehovah are pure words. As silver tried in a furnace: [Words] pertaining to the earth: Purified seven times.

**them:** i.e. the godly. Plural reference to "the faithful" of [Psalms 12:1](../../../kjv/psalms/12/1) .
**them** = him: refers to the man of grace ([Psalms 12:1](../../../kjv/psalms/12/1) ).

**wicked** = lawless. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .
**men:** i.e. the sons of Adam, as in [Psalms 12:1](../../../kjv/psalms/12/1) .
**To the chief Musician.** See App-64 .
**Title. A Psalm.** See App-65 .

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