Fathers

Psalms 12

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Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 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. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

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Psalms 12:7

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"You, O Lord, shall preserve us, and keep us from this generation to eternity" [Psalm 12:7]: here as needy and poor, there as wealthy and rich.

Exposition on Psalm 12 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

And the prophet responds: "You therefore, O Lord, will keep us from evil." "And you will guard us in good, from this generation forever."

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