Psalm 12:1-8, ESV
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Psalm 12:1-8, JN paraphrase
It is mid-October, 2022, in the rundown to the election of 2022. Speaking kindly—what a mess! This is a prime example of why we must be searching the Scriptures for guidance in living out the last days. Each of us, in our daily readings, searching for those pure Words of the LORD. Guard Your people, O LORD, from the vileness that is exalted among the children of man.

We need to be fervent in our prayers, recognizing that our prayers are always answered—Always means always—in the LORD, God, the Almighty’s time. It does not mean that our requests are always answered as we have proposed—but always answered as the LORD, God, the Almighty has selected as the very best possible answer. Our prayers must be prayers of Thanksgiving knowing that His answer, both in timing and execution, is Perfect. (And so much better than my feeble bletherings).

Recommended Reading

How about Table Talk, A monthly devotional with a stimulating series of daily devotionals and short commentaries on related subjects. We find it to be a very valuable wrap-up to our day in the trenches.