Hasidut untuk Mazmur 12:2

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

Selamatkanlah, ya Yang Mahakekal, sebab orang saleh telah habis, sebab orang-orang yang setia telah lenyap dari antara anak-anak manusia.

Toldot Yaakov Yosef

And this is specifically a person who will prepare oneself, so that to be [the verse] will be suitable: "the lips of the kohen will guard awareness" (Malachi 2:7) and as I explained regarding the verse "that the faithful have vanished, that the loyal are no more" (Ps. 12:2) which can be read forwards and backwards.
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Toldot Yaakov Yosef

And through this one can understand "a perpetual fire shall be kept burning on the altar" (Leviticus 6:6). At the beginning is was warning for the kohanim that they are the seekers of the welfare of the faithful in Israel, and now, there is a warning for the common folk that they are actually the 'common', which bring a regular fire, so that they will cause "a perpetual fire to be kept burning", which are the seekers of welfare of the faithful in Israel. And this that is written "it shall not go out" (Leviticus 6:5) is that they should cause the burning out of the flames of the service to God that the seekers of the welfare for the faithful in Israel, as it is written "that the faithful have vanished, that the loyal are no more" (Ps. 12:2). And this is easy to understand.
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