psalm | sä(l)m | (also Psalm) // noun
a sacred song, hymn, or prayer, particularly any of those contained in the biblical Book of Psalms and used in Christian and Jewish worship.
I need somebody
(Help) not just anybody
(Help) you know I need someone, help
- The Beatles
Psalm 12:1
TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO THE SHEMINITH. A PSALM OF DAVID.
Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
SHEM´INITH (shemʹi-nith). A musical term - perhaps referring to eight strings or octaves.
1. SAVE LORD – we ARE IN TROUBLE
Psalm 12:1-4
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?”
2. SAVE LORD – the wicked use destructive words
• Lies (empty talk)
• Flattery (smooth talk)
• Boasting (big talk)
Luke 6:45
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
Psalm 12:5-8
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.
3. SAVE LORD – your words are Greater than all
God’s Response
• I Will Arise
• I Will Place you in safety
The purity of God’s Person assures the purity of His promises
Luke 23:34
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.