Psalm 12 St. Martin Sermons

Sermon from Sunday August 22

Psalm 12

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

[1] Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone;

for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

[2] Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;

with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

[3] May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,

the tongue that makes great boasts,

[4] those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,

our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

[5] “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,

I will now arise,” says the LORD;

“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

[6] The words of the LORD are pure words,

like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,

purified seven times.

[7] You, O LORD, will keep them;

you will guard us from this generation forever.

[8] On every side the wicked prowl,

as vileness is exalted among the children of man. (ESV)