Chiasm
Psalm 12
Psalm 122 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- B 12:2-4 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Who have said, With our tongues will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
- C 12:5 For 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 puffeth at him.
- B' 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
- B 12:2-4 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Who have said, With our tongues will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
- A' 12:7-8 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted (Heb. children of men).