Psalms 12:2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
They speak vanity; there is nothing in it. It is all froth, no reality; vain speech about vain subjects, having no real spiritual power to help the man that heareth: "They speak vanity." "With a double heart do they speak:" saying one thing, and meaning another; trifling with words; orthodox to the ear, heterodox to the heart. Oh, how much there is of this falseness in these days! Still are there many who "speak with flattering lips and with a double heart." It is some comfort to us to know that no new thing has happened unto us; we are merely going through an old part of the road which David traversed long ago.
Psalms 12:2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
They speak vanity; there is nothing in it. It is all froth, no reality; vain speech about vain subjects, having no real spiritual power to help the man that heareth: "They speak vanity." "With a double heart do they speak:" saying one thing, and meaning another; trifling with words; orthodox to the ear, heterodox to the heart. Oh, how much there is of this falseness in these days! Still are there many who "speak with flattering lips and with a double heart." It is some comfort to us to know that no new thing has happened unto us; we are merely going through an old part of the road which David traversed long ago.