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Psalm 12
(Psalms 12 KJV) "To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of
David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from
among the children of men. {2} They speak vanity every one with his
neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
{3} The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things: {4} Who have said, With our tongue will we
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 will I arise,
saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
{6} The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace
of earth, purified seven times. {7} Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou
shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. {8} The wicked walk
on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."
The subtitle attributes this psalm to David, but it could just as
easily fit in later eras when the prophets wrote of the moral decline of
Israel. The plaintive, "Help, Lord," touches a nerve even today as one
begins to realize how the godly and faithful people are becoming steadily
fewer in number. The last verse is apt. What else would you expect as the
vilest men are rewarded that men would become increasingly vile.
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