Psalm 12: A description of today's Christians
Psalm 12: Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. 2 They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak. 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaks proud things, 4 Who have said,
“With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own;
Who is lord over us?” 5 “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.” 6 The words of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times. 7 You shall keep them, O Lord,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever. 8 The wicked prowl on every side,
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. This Psalm is increasingly becoming a correct description of our world today. This Psalm is not focusing on the sin ...