Psalms 12

Psalms 12:1

To the grave - The hand of God’s wrath will not follow me beyond death; I shall then be safe and easy: Tho’ men cry in his destruction: tho’ most men cry and are affrighted, while they are dying, while the body is sinking into destruction; yet I desire it, I have nothing to fear therein, since I know that my redeemer liveth.

Psalms 12:2

Did not I - Have I now judgment without mercy, because I afforded no mercy to others in misery? No; my conscience acquits me from this inhumanity: I did mourn over others in their miseries.

Psalms 12:3

Upon me - Yet trouble came upon myself, when I expected it not.

Psalms 12:4

Affliction - Came upon me suddenly, and unexpectedly, when I promised myself peace and prosperity.

Psalms 12:5

Without the sun - Heb. black, not by the sun. My very countenance became black, tho’ not by the sun, but by the force of my disease.

Psalms 12:6

A brother - By imitation of their cries: persons of like qualities are often called brethren. Dragon - Which howl and wail mournfully in the deserts.