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 Old Testament saints, and translated them into the sphere of the divine love revealed in heaven. =Psalm 12=

Lament and Consolation in the Midst of Prevailing Falsehood
Psa 11:1-7 is appropriately followed by Psa 12:1-8, which is of a kindred character: a prayer for the deliverance of the poor and miserable in a time of universal moral corruption, and more particularly of prevailing faithlessness and boasting. The inscription: To the Precentor, on the Octave, a Psalm of David points us to the time when the Temple music was being established, i.e., the time of David - incomparably the best age in the history of Israel, and yet, viewed in the light of