When we speak, we need to utter words of encouragement. When we say hurtful things they can be taken to heart and hurt the ones that we are communicating with.
"Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail among the children of men."(12:1) David wants to speak things that exhort others, but it is a struggle every day to do so.
"They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak."(12:2) This verse talks about speaking empty words of flattery, and uttering things with double meanings.
"The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:"(12:3) God will have no evil speaking in His presence, and judgment is very harsh for those speak it.
"Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?"(12:4) They can speak as if there is no God, but to speak this is foolishness.
"For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him."(12:5) God hears the cries of the oppressed and needy, and He will protect them.
"The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver in a furnace of earth, purifieth seven times."(12:6)The Lord speaks with pure words and refines the speech of the righteous.
"Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever."(12:7) David speaks of the present protection and the promise of eternal preservation.
"The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."(12:8) The wicked are all around us, but we have nothing to fear, because the Lord is on our side.
Let us remember to be people who exhort their brothers in Christ. "Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."(Proverbs 27:17)
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