Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p class="line"><strong>Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 12. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-12/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-12/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-12-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>Save, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, for the godly one is gone;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-1">for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14069" class="text Ps-12-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-2">with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14070" class="text Ps-12-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>May the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> cut off all flattering lips,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-3">the tongue that makes great boasts,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14071" class="text Ps-12-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-4">our lips are with us; who is master over us?”</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14072" class="text Ps-12-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-5">I will now arise,” says the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-5">“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14073" class="text Ps-12-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>The words of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> are pure words,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-6">like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-6">purified seven times.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14074" class="text Ps-12-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>You, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, will keep them;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-7">you will guard us from this generation forever.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14075" class="text Ps-12-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>On every side the wicked prowl,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-12-8">as vileness is exalted among the children of man.</span></span></p> <p class="line"><strong>What do you think? </strong><br> <strong>Comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-12/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-12/</a>. </strong><br> <strong>Email me with comments, feedback, or prayer requests at <a href="mailto:dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com">dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com</a> and you can follow me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/devotionpodcast">@devotionpodcast</a>. Also, you can like us on Facebook at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook</a>. </strong></p> </div>
