John Trapp on Psalms 12:2
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Psalms12:2
Verſ. 2. They ſpeak vanity every one with his neighbour] They ſpeak falſly and fraudulently, and therein have an Art, as Jer. 9.4, 5. ſuch as the Devil hath taught them.
With flattering lips] Blandientibus, vel dividentibus. The Syriack verſion hath it, with dividing lips, ſuch as ſeparate very friends.
With a double heart do they ſpeak] Heb. With an heart and a heart. So Horace ſaith of Ulyſſes.
Curſus duplicis per mare Ulyſſei.
The Prophet here meaneth that they had one heart in their body, and another in their mouth,Od. 6. Animus verſutulus [illegible: 1 word] verſatilis. being deſperate diſſemblers, ſuch as the French are ſaid to be. Thoſe men of Zebulon were none ſuch, 1 Chro. 12.33.
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