Psalm 12:2
“They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 12Meaning
The social crisis is intensified by falsehood, flattering lips, and double-hearted speech that fractures trust between neighbors.
The disappearance of faithfulness and the corruption of speech
The lament opens with the apparent scarcity of faithful people and the spread of lying, flattery, and divided speech.
Read carefully
The social crisis is intensified by falsehood, flattering lips, and double-hearted speech that fractures trust between neighbors.; Psalm 12:2 should remain within the literary movement of the psalm.
Reflection
Let this verse form truthful speech, solidarity with the vulnerable, patient trust in God, and refusal of retaliatory harm.