Psalms 12

REFLECTIONS UPON PSALM XII.—It is fearfully ominous when those distinguished saints, who support nations or churches, are removed by death, while none are raised up to fill their room. Perilous are the times when piety towards God and integrity towards men cease—when all men seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ—when hypocrites by fair speeches deceive the simple! But pride must have a fall; either before the throne of grace, or into the depths of hell! And, though God for a time may seemingly overlook his people, he will never forget, disregard, or cast them off. He best knows when to deliver; and, if we have but faith, he will never fail. When the saints’ night of trouble is at the darkest, and their prayers fervent, their deliverance is near. While God’s pure and precious promises stand fast in Christ, no increase, activity, or malice, of wicked men shall ever be able utterly to destroy or deceive his people