Psalm 12
Save and help and rescue, Lord, for godly people cease to be,
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.
2 They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things [in boasting];
4 Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”
5 “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
6 The words and promises of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will preserve and keep them;
You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.
8 The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.

I. The Cause for Devout Intercession (Psalm 12:1-2, 4)
A. The Decrease of Saintly Men (Psalm 12:1)
B. The Increase of Sinful Men (Psalm 12:2, 4)

II. The Case for Divine Intervention (Psalm 12:3, 5, 7)
A. God Hates the Sin of Rebellion (Psalm 12:3-4)
B. God Hates the Sigh of Oppression (Psalm 12:5)
C. God Honors the Song of Devotion (Psalm 12:6-7)