Psalms 140:12

"An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him."

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that evil speakers and violent individuals are destined for downfall; God's justice ensures that their wicked ways will ultimately lead to their destruction, preventing them from achieving stability or lasting influence on earth. The imagery of "evil hunting the violent man" illustrates how divine retribution operates to bring about their defeat and disgrace.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted -See the notes atPsalms 9:4. The psalmist here doubtless refers primarily to himself, as having a confident belief that the Lord would maintain “his” cause, or would defend “him.” At the same time he makes the statement general, implying that what would be done to him would be done to all in similar circumstances. The idea is that God, in all his attributes, in all his providential arrangements, in all his interpositions on earth, would be found to be on the side of the oppressed, the afflicted, and the wronged. He has no attribute that can take part with an oppressor or a wrong doer.

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