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Psalms 12:1

Psalms 12:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Help, Lord; rather, Save, Lord, as in the margin (comp. ; ; , etc.). For the godly man ceaseth. "Ceaseth," i.e; "out of the land "—either slain or driven into exile. We must make allowance for poetic hyperbole.

For the faithful fail from among the children of men (compare, for the sentiment, ). The writer, for the moment, loses sight of the "remnant"—the "little flock "—which assuredly remained, and of which he speaks in and .

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