Psalm 12:4
“Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?”
KJV
Read in Psalm 12Meaning
The boast “our lips are our own” exposes a fantasy of speech without moral accountability or any lord above the speaker.
Read carefully
The boast “our lips are our own” exposes a fantasy of speech without moral accountability or any lord above the speaker.; Psalm 12:4 should remain within the literary movement of the psalm.
Reflection
Let this verse form truthful speech, solidarity with the vulnerable, patient trust in God, and refusal of retaliatory harm.