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Psalm 12 ~ HOPE in a World of Lies
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1 Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone;    for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,    the tongue that makes great boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “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.”
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,    like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,    purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;    you will guard us from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,    as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
 
Additional Scriptures
* John 14:18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
* Isaiah 43: 1-5, 11-13 “But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior…Because you are precious in My eyes, and honored, and I love you…Fear not, for I am with you”
* Isaiah 43: 11-13 “‘I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.  I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I am God. Also henceforth I am He; there is none who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can turn it back?’”
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Psalm 11 ~ Seeking God’s Refuge
To the choirmaster. Of David.
1 In the Lord I take refuge;how can you say to my soul,    Flee like a bird to your mountain,
2 for behold, the wicked bend the bow;    they have fitted their arrow to the string    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
3 if the foundations are destroyed,    what can the righteous do?
4 The Lord is in His holy temple;    the Lord's throne is in heaven; His eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
5 The Lord tests the righteous,    but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6 Let Him rain coals on the wicked;    fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the Lord is righteous;He loves righteous deeds;    the upright shall behold His face.
 
Scriptures 
* 1 John 5:18 “We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.” 
* James 1: 12-18 “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and He himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.”
* Col 1:13-17 “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him.  And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”
* 2 Corinthians 2:9-11 “For this is why I [Paul] wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.”
* John 16: 7-11 “Nevertheless, I [Jesus] tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you. And when He comes, He will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see Me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.”
 
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Psalm 10 ~ God Hears You
God hears you. God is approachable.
Psalm 10: 16-18
16 The Lord is king forever and ever;    the nations perish from His land.
17 O Lord, You hear the desire of the afflicted;    You will strengthen their heart; You will incline Your ear
18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,    so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
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Praise—Wisdom—Light
Scriptures
* Psalm 9
* 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 “Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Passages related to contrasting actions and attitudes
Colossians 3:1-12
Galatians 5:16-23
Ephesians 4:17-31, 5:1
 
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Psalm 8 ~ Majestic Love of God
1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!You have set Your glory above the heavens.
2  Out of the mouth of babies and infants,You have established strength because of Your foes,    to still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of Your fingers,    the moon and the stars, which You have set in place,
4 what is man that You are mindful of him,    and the son of man that You care for him?
5 Yet You have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings    and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have given him dominion over the works of Your hands;    You have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,    and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,    how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
 
Additional Scriptures
* John 17:26 “I made known to them Your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
* Ephesians 1:15-23 “For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His great might that He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things under His feet and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”
 
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