“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
When the godly cease and the faithful fail, the times are truly bad, not for want of money or trade, but because wickedness abounds and honest men are scarce. These deceivers speak with flattery on one side and malice on the other, their words smooth but their hearts divided against truth.
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Commenting on Psalm 12:1-8
In due season the Lord will hear his elect ones, who cry day and night unto him, and though he bear long with their oppressors, yet will he avenge them speedily. Observe that the mere oppression of saints, however silently they bear it, is in itself a cry to God: Moses was heard at the Red Sea, though he said nothing; and Hagar's affliction was heard despite her silence.
Bad times come not chiefly from scarcity or war, but from the decay of piety and honesty among men. Godly men are faithful men; their word binds as firmly as an oath. When such men cease or fail, whether by death or desertion, the times grow truly dark.
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Commenting on Psalm 12:1-8