Trust in God, not institutions

I've posted before about our over-reliance on the institutions of society. That is, many (but not all!) societies has a veneer of decency, owing to their governments, laws, markets, and systems of education. But what if those foundations of modern society were to vanish? Would society still appear "decent"?

Psalm 11:3 (KJV) touches upon this concern,

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

The answer can be found many places, including Psalm 9:10 (KJV),

They that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

The point is not that we should disrespect the institutions of society. Quite to the contrary, 1 Peter 2:13 (KJV) states,

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake

Rather, the point is to place our faith in God above our faith in those institutions.