Psalm 12:1 (WEB)
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Fathers and councils · 6
Jerome
“Ps. xii. 1.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“O. Certainly, but first I congratulate you, and thank Christ my God for your good dispositions which have made you turn from the unsavoury teaching of theSardinians to that which the whole world approves as true; and no longer say as some do,“Help, Lord; for the godly man teaseth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xii. 1. The Luciferians believed that few or none outside their own sect could be saved.
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Augustine of Hippo
““For the truths have been minished from among the sons of men” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But if ‘he is blessed that feareth the Lord,’ we may now confidently call him blessed, having the firm assurance that he has reached as it were a haven, and has a life without care.” — editor's note: Ps. cxii. 1.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For although there be many truths, since it is written: “Truths are minished from the sons of men;” yet they are given by the Divine Truth, which is Christ, Who says: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”” — editor's note: Ps. xii. [xi.] 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…the prince asketh, and the judge curries favour, so that his language is almost the same as the mighty David’s: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man ceaseth: and says that therefore their blessings shall fail them, as if wasted by the moth.” — editor's note: Ps. xii. 1.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.13.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.13.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.13.