PSALM 12 PARAPHRASE
Help, Lord, there is nobody left with integrity.
Loyal and consistent people have vanished from Australia.
Everyone tells lies to their neighbours.
Their flattery is patently insincere. All they want is to get ahead for themselves.
If only the Lord would stop the lies and flattery,
and turn the spin into honest human talk.
They say, “We can talk our way out of everything.
No-one can stay in our way!”
Because of the abuse to Indigenous communities;
because the refugees are treated with disdain,
“I will arise,” says God, “and create safe places for Aboriginal children,
and warm refuges for those who seek asylum here.”
What God says is like tapping the bark of a healthy karri,
like the sympathetic vibration of a tuning fork.
You are sure to provide appropriate protection for us, O Lord.
You will keep us safe in this shifty world.
Though the ruthless strut on every side,
though the vilest call the shots in every State.
This paraphrase was written as an exercise in the Companions in Christ program. It also happened to be the week when Kevin Rudd was deposed as Prime Minister, and the backroom operators of the Australian Labor Party were briefly visible.
Mind Journeys 
I think I know how you feel but i disagree. I think we are overwhelmingly good as a whole but everyone’s too scared to talk about right and wrong anymore, as if it’s corny. Seems to be legal and illegal is the only two you have to worry about. Anyway, here’s a bit of light reading that I had a chuckle at you might like too.
http://newsviewsmuse.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/1st-letters-to-god-with-father-bryn-a-revelation/
I think the Psalm and my paraphrase are mainly about feeling. I agree (usually) that politicians are hard working for the community’s benefit, but there are times when their egregious dishonesty calls for a shout of disgust!