Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
2. "Save me, O Lord, for the holy hath 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" (ver. 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.
1. It has been said on the sixth Psalm, that "the eighth" may be taken as the day of judgment. "For the eighth" may also be taken "for the eternal age;" for that after the time present, which is a cycle of seven days, it shall be givento the Saints.
Save. David, persecuted by Saul, (Bossuet) or Absalom; (Grotius) the captives at Babylon; (Calmet) our Saviour suffering, or coming to judge; (St. Augustine) in a word, any just man who sees the corruption of men, may use this language. (Haydock)
We cannot open the writings of the prophets, or of the Fathers, without meeting with such complaints. Hebrew, "no saint "chasid, "pious "(Pagnin; Haydock) clement person. (Calmet)
Truths. Hebrew, "people of veracity. "(Calmet)
Bias said, "All men are bad "(Clement of Alexandria, strom. 1.) or, as Laertius expresses it, "Most people are wicked. "Hence few are chosen. (Haydock)
Christ is the truth. If we admire his doctrine, let us put it in practice. (Berthier)
