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Commentary for Psalms 12:2

הוֹשִׁ֣יעָה יְ֭הוָה כִּי־גָמַ֣ר חָסִ֑יד כִּי־פַ֥סּוּ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Rashi on Psalms

are gone Heb. גמר, lit. finished, destroyed.
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Rashi on Psalms

have vanished Heb. פסו, faylirt in Old French, to lack, fail.
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Rashi on Psalms

for the faithful have vanished from the sons of men Everyone betrays me and spies out the places where I hide, and tells Saul (54:2): “Is not David hiding with us?”
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