A Psalm about Words
Words mean something.
Words mean something to God. The Bible, the book that God loves, is full of words that God loves.
Psalm 12 is a very short poem: 8 sentences full of 139 words.
This ancient psalm is attributed to David. He gave it a title: The Sheminith. That word, strange to us, is an ancient musical term, literally meaning “the eight.” Some scholar…
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