Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. – Psalm 12:1–2
A double heart only speaks with a toxic tongue. And the Psalmist is surrounded by men like this who can only lie and flatter. He doesn’t back down, however, when these wicked men speak evil of him. Though he is all alone because he has been abandoned by the faithful, he trusts the Lord to save him.
Instead of giving in, giving up, or backing down, the Psalmist simply prays: Save O Lord!
Though we are only a company of one amidst a host of evil doers who would speak evil of us, and slander us with their propaganda, we do good to remember believers are always in the company of One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. (John 14:6)