1-2 To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speak.
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David was not referring to some attack from the outside eliminating the godly, but rather that the godly were ceasing to be godly from the inside. They were becoming corrupt. Paul would say to them, "Are ye not carnal?" That is, fleshly, acting like the lost man?
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3-5 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
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The LORD will not allow this behavior to go on unpunished forever. He takes note of it and He will repay. He will also take up the cause of the innocent. Perhaps not in or timing or in the way we expect. John the Baptist was taken to Heaven. His safety was certain.
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6-7 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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God's Words are perfect. His Word endures and shall endure, in fact, they are forever settled in Heaven.
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8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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Think of Germany in the 1930s to the mid 1940s, think of the Biblical day of the Judges when every man did that which was right in his own eyes, think of America today. If not for God and His Word I would fear for my country like never before... may we pray like never before.
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Consider this verse from Hosea 13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
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