Psalm 12:1-8 “For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from amongst the children of men. Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, who have said, ‘With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?’ ‘Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,’ says the LORD; ‘I will set him in safety from those who malign him.’ The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. You will keep them, LORD. You will preserve them from this generation forever. The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted amongst the sons of men.”

We live in a world where people continually lie, their loyalties are divided, they flatter, and they boast. It was true in David’s day, and it’s even more true now, because what is vile is exalted and so the wicked walk on every side.

1 Timothy 3:1-5 “But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good, traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.”

What can we cling to in this world? Who can we turn to? Who can we trust? Who can we depend on? God! He promises to hear and to save, to protect and to preserve, and we can be sure that He will because His words are perfect and true!

For additional worship: Psalm 12 (The Words of the Lord) [feat. Nick Engbers]