Fathers

Psalms 12

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Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men. Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?” “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.” Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever. The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

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Psalms 12:1

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Save me, O Lord, for the holy has failed;" that is, is not found: as we speak when we say, Corn fails, or, Money fails. "For the truths have been minished from among the sons of men" [Psalm 12:1]. The truth is one, whereby holy souls are enlightened: but forasmuch as there are many souls, there may be said in them to be many truths: as in mirrors there are seen many reflections from one face.

Exposition on Psalm 12 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

In the preceding decade the Psalmist treated of the persecution that he himself suffered from his son Absalom, through which was prefigured the persecution that Christ would suffer from Judas. In this second decade, however, as appears from the titles of certain Psalms, he treats of the persecution he suffered from Saul, through which was prefigured the persecution that Christ would suffer from the chief priests. This decade is divided into two parts. In the first he asks to be delivered from enemies. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗