Psalms 12:8

“He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages, etc.] Which were by the wayside, where thieves and robbers harboured, and out of which they came, and robbed passengers as they came by. The word f180 signifies “palaces” or “courts”: and so it is rendered by the Chaldee paraphrase and Syriac version; and so the allusion is not to mean thieves and robbers, but to persons of note and figure. Hence the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, render it, “he sitteth in lurking places with the rich”; and may be fitly applied to the pope and his cardinals. Antichrist sits in the temple of God, and by his emissaries gets into the villages, the particular churches and…”

“The wicked roam undisturbed doing evil, when vileness and vile men are exalted. Next: Psalms Chapter 13”

“The wicked walk on every side - Everywhere. They have full license, or seem to be wholly unrestrained. When the vilest men are exalted - Margin, “The vilest of the sons of men are exalted.” This expression has been very variously translated. Dr. Horsley renders it, “When the scorn of the sons of men is exalted.” De Wette, “They exalt themselves; terror to the sons of men.” Luther, “Where such wicked people rule among the sons of men.” Hengstenberg, “Like exaltation is disgrace to the sons of men.” Prof. Alexander seems inclined to favor this last view. According to this interpretation, the meaning is, that “although the wicked are now in the ascendant, and the righteous are treated with…”

“Walk - They fill all places, and go about boldly and securely. Next: Psalms Chapter 13”

“wicked: Pro 29:12; Hos 5:11; Mic 6:16 when: Judg. 9:18-57; Sa1 18:17, Sa1 18:18; Est 3:6-15; Isa 32:4-6; Mar 14:63-65 men: Heb. of the sons of men, Job 30:8; Dan 11:21 Next: Psalms Chapter 13”