Words have power to heal, to deceive, to build, or to destroy. In this episode of Emuna Builders, Esther Adams explores Psalm 12, where David cries out against lies, flattery, and arrogance, and contrasts them with the purity of God’s promises. Discover how this ancient wisdom speaks directly into our modern world of spin, slander, and half-truths.
Psalm 12
1For the conductor on the sheminith, a song of David. 2Save, O Lord, for the pious are gone, for the faithful have vanished from the sons of men. 3One speaks to another with falseness, smooth talk; they speak with a double heart. 4May the Lord cut off all smooth lips, the tongue that speaks great things. 5Who said, "With our tongue we will overpower; our lips are with us. Who is lord over us?" 6Because of the plunder of the poor, because of the cry of the needy, Now I will rise, the Lord shall say; I will grant them salvation, He shall speak concerning them. 7The sayings of the Lord are pure sayings, like silver refined, exposed to the earth, clarified sevenfold. 8You, O Lord, shall guard them; You shall guard him from this generation forever. 9Wicked men walk on all sides when the [one who appears] basest to the sons of men is elevated.
