Psa 12:4, 50:19, 57:4, 64:3 | JFB | STEP | 3, 4. Boasting ( ) is, like flattery, a species of lying. lips, and . . . tongue

Psalms 12:4

3, 4. Boasting (Da 7:25) is, like flattery, a species of lying.

lips, and . . . tongue—for persons.

Psalms 50:19

16-20. the wicked—that is, the formalists, as now exposed, and who lead vicious lives (compare Ro 2:21, 23). They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments.

Psalms 57:4

4. The mingled figures of wild beasts (Ps 10:9; 17:12) and weapons of war (Ps 11:2) heighten the picture of danger.

whose . . . tongue—or slanders.

Psalms 64:3

3, 4. Similar figures for slander (Ps 57:4; 59:7).

bend—literally, "tread," or, "prepared." The allusion is to the mode of bending a bow by treading on it; here, and in Ps 58:7, transferred to arrows.