Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
King David must have spent hours and hours in bitterness of heart, cast off, hunted, fleeing the wrath of a king and his armies, hiding out, a prey to mortal wickedness. When we talk, or even THINK, like this, we repent of such negativity, yet we certainly do feel like this sometimes. Startlingly, when we confront the works of darkness, it’s simply true.
Who among us has not known someone caught in a net of deceit, shot at from the shadows and hit, wounded, left dying? No wholesome or truthful thoughts in their minds.
For them, for ___________________ and __________________ we care deeply. May the Lord silence those who boast of prevailing over those for whom pray!
Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
TRULY, IT SEEMS SO AT TIMES, FATHER, BUT YOUR LOVE IS UNFAILING, YOUR WORD IS TRUE, AND BY IT WE LIVE AND PRAY. WE BRING BEFORE YOU THOSE YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US TO CARE ABOUT, LOST IN LIES AND WASTED IN WOUNDS PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL.
2 Everyone lies to their neighbor;
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.
NOT FOR OURSELVES TODAY, BUT FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM LIES AND DECEPTIONS, WE PRAY. WE LIFT UP TO YOU DEAR ONES WHO’VE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE NET OF DECEIT AND DESTRUCTION, LIED TO CONTINUALLY.
3 May the Lord silence all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue—
4 those who say,
“By our tongues we will prevail;
our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
YOU, O LORD! YOU ARE LORD OVER THOSE WHO LORD THEIR WICKEDNESS OVER THE ONES WE LOVE. IN YOUR MIGHTY POWER AND BEAUTIFUL GRACE, FREE THOSE FOR WHOM WE PRAY, FATHER!
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