Psalms 12:1–4
The Lord is summoned to help as the faithful vanish and the arrogant use deceit to claim they have no master.
1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
4 who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
The Lord is summoned to help as the faithful vanish and the arrogant use deceit to claim they have no master.
To lament the systemic breakdown of truth and the disappearance of the godly while calling for divine judgment on arrogant and deceptive speech.
The LORD’s Pure Words in a Generation of False Speech
When deceitful speech fills the land and the faithful seem to vanish, the LORD’s pure word remains the refuge and preservation of his oppressed people.