🎤 Psalm 12 Song - Evil Times [OLD VERSION]

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I've been watching House of Cards with my wife, Joanne. It's disturbing to think that governments toy with their people the way Kevin Spacey's character toys with the American public. And I know it's not just fiction either.

It's probably no different here in Canada. The lust for power tempts all of us.

So when I read Psalm 12 this week, I immediately thought of those smooth-talking politicians who flatter and boast, and believe they will prevail with their tongues (verses 3 and 4).

Psalm 12
Plea for Help in Evil Times
To the leader: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

1 Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly;
the faithful have disappeared from humankind.
2 They utter lies to each other;
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 tongues we will prevail;
our lips are our own—who is our master?’
5 ‘Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
I will now rise up,’ says the Lord;
‘I will place them in the safety for which they long.’
6 The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure,
silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will protect us;
you will guard us from this generation for ever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among humankind.

New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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