Self-interpreting Bible

0 To the chief Musician ¹upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

• 1: Or, upon the eighth. Ps. 6, title. 1Ch. 15.21. , Psalms 6 , 1Ch. 15:21

1 HELP,² LORD; for ^athe godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

• 2: Or, save.
• a: Is. 57:1 , Mi. 7:1 , Mi. 7:2 , Ge. 6:12 , Ps. 14:1 - 4 , Ps. 4:2

2 They ^bspeak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with ³a double heart do they speak.

• b: Ps. 10:7 , Ps. 5:9 , Ps. 36:1 - 4 , Ps. 28:3 , Je. 9:3 - 6
• 3: Heb. an heart and an heart.

3 The ^cLORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh ⁴proud things:

• c: 1Sa. 2:3 , Job 32:22 , Da. 8:25 , Da. 7:8 , Da. 7:25 , Pr. 6:16 - 19 , Isaiah 36 , Isaiah 37 , Is. 54:17 , vs. 15 , vs. 16
• 4: Heb. great things.

4 Who ^dhave said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips ⁵are our own: who is lord over us?

• d: Ex. 15:2 , Ex. 5:2 , Ps. 73:8 , Ps. 73:9 , Je. 2:31
• 5: Heb. are with us.

5 ^eFor the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that ⁶puffeth at him.

• e: Ex. 2:23 - 25 , Ex. 3:7 , Ex. 3:8 , Ps. 125:3 , Is. 33:10 , Is. 25:4 , Lu. 18:7 , Lu. 18:8 , Mi. 7:9 , Mi. 7:10
• 6: Or, would ensnare him.

6 The ^fwords of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

• f: 2Sa. 22:31 , Ps. 19:8 , Ps. 19:9 , Ps. 18:30 , Ps. 119:140 , Pr. 30:5

7 ^gThou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve ⁷them from this generation for ever.

• g: Ps. 16:1 , Ps. 121:7 , Ps. 121:8 , Is. 27:3 , 1Pe. 1:5 , vs. 1
• 7: Heb. him, that is, every one of them.

8 ^hThe wicked walk on every side, when ⁸the vilest men are exalted.

• h: Ho. 5:11 , Mi. 6:16 , Pr. 29:2 , Pr. 29:12 , Mal. 3:15 , Mal. 3:16
• 8: Heb. the vilest of the sons of men are exalted.