Monday Meditation: You Will Keep Them And Preserve Them, O Lord

 

After reading the ever increasing grim headlines this morning...

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PSALM 12
A Psalm of David

HELP! LORD!  For principled and godly people are here no more;
faithfulness and the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.

To his neighbor each one speaks words without use or worth or truth;
with flattering lips and double heart deceitfully they speak.

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and tongues
that speak proud boasting.

Those who say, With our tongues we prevail; our lips are our
own to command at our will-who is lord and master over us?

Now will I arise, says the Lord, because the poor are oppressed,
because the groans of the needy; I will set him in safety and in
 the salvation for which he pants.

The words and promises of the Lord are pure words like silver
refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.

You will keep them and preserve them, O Lord; You will
guard and keep us from this evil generation forever.

The wicked walk or prowl about on every side, as vileness
is exalted and baseness is rated high among the sons of men.