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1. Psalm 12

2. Psalm 12
For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
1 Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to
be, For the faithful disappear from among
the sons of men. 2 They speak falsehood to
one another; With flattering lips and with a
double heart they speak. 3 May the LORD
cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that
speaks great things; 4 Who have said,
“With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips
are our own; who is lord over us?”

3. 5 “Because of the devastation of the
afflicted, because of the groaning of the
needy, Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I
will set him in the safety for which he
longs.” 6 The words of the LORD are pure
words; As silver tried in a furnace on the
earth, refined seven times. 7 You, O LORD,
will keep them; You will preserve him from
this generation forever. 8 The wicked strut
about on every side When vileness is
exalted among the sons of men.

5. How not to complain
Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them
did, and were destroyed by the serpents.
Nor grumble, as some of them did, and
were destroyed by the destroyer.
1 Corinthians 10:9–10

6. How not to complain
…to convict all the ungodly of all their
ungodly deeds which they have done in an
ungodly way, and of all the harsh things
which ungodly sinners have spoken against
Him. These are grumblers, finding fault,
following after their own lusts; they speak
arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of
gaining an advantage.
Jude 15b–16

7. Not uncommon
Elijah after the show down with the
prophets of Baal.
Ran for everything he was worth to Mt.
Horeb.
His pity party began.

8. 1 Kings 19:9–18
9 Then he came there to a cave and lodged
there; and behold, the word of the LORD
came to him, and He said to him, “What
are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He said, “I
have been very zealous for the LORD, the
God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have
forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your
altars and killed Your prophets with the
sword. And I alone am left;

9. and they seek my life, to take it away.” 11 So
He said, “Go forth and stand on the
mountain before the LORD.” And behold,
the LORD was passing by! And a great and
strong wind was rending the mountains
and breaking in pieces the rocks before the
LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind.
And after the wind an earthquake, but the
LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After
the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not
in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a

10. gentle blowing. 13 When Elijah heard it, he
wrapped his face in his mantle and went
out and stood in the entrance of the cave.
And behold, a voice came to him and said,
“What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14 Then
he said, “I have been very zealous for the
LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of
Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn
down Your altars and killed Your prophets
with the sword. And I alone am left; and
they seek my life, to take it away.”

11. 15 The LORD said to him, “Go, return on your
way to the wilderness of Damascus, and
when you have arrived, you shall anoint
Hazael king over Aram; 16 and Jehu the son
of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel;
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-
meholah you shall anoint as prophet in
your place. 17 “It shall come about, the one
who escapes from the sword of Hazael,
Jehu shall put to death, and the one who
escapes from the sword of Jehu,

12. Elisha shall put to death. 18 “Yet I will leave
7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not
bowed to Baal and every mouth that has
not kissed him.”

13. The run down
1. Elijah complains
2. God answers
A. gives instruction
B. set the facts straight
3. Elijah obeys

14. It’s a pattern
Job-Trials, too much comfort, complaint,
God’s answer, restoration
Habakkuk-Complaints, God answers,
acceptance of God’s judgment, faith
replaces complaining

15. It’s a pattern
David-Back to Psalm 12
You are not complete; you’re only being
made, and you’re arguing with God’s
processes?

16. Complain to God?
1. My complaint Verses 1-2
2. My solution Verses 3-4
3. God’s answer Verse 5
4. Praise to God Verses 6-7

17. My complaint
Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the
sons of men. They speak falsehood to one
another; With flattering lips and with a
double heart they speak.
Psalm 12:1–2

18. As I see it
No godly left
No one is faithful
Only a bunch of liars

19. My solution
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The
tongue that speaks great things; Who have
said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our
lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
Psalm 12:3–4

20. Double down
Nuke ‘em Lord
Bunch of liars
Rebellious

21. God answers
“Because of the devastation of the
afflicted, because of the groaning of the
needy, Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I
will set him in the safety for which he
longs.”
Psalm 12:5

22. The way He sees it
I see those in trouble
I will rescue those in need

23. Praise to God
The words of the LORD are pure words; As
silver tried in a furnace on the earth,
refined seven times. You, O LORD, will keep
them; You will preserve him from this
generation forever.
Psalm 12:6–7

24. Psalm 12