Psalms 12:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Help, Lord Hebrew, הושׁיעה, hoshigna, save, Jehovah; namely, me and other good men, from the subtlety and rage of wicked men; for the godly man ceaseth חסיד, chasid, the kind, or, merciful man, as the word properly means. The faithful fail, &c. Men have lost, not only serious piety, that even truth and honesty in their conversation and dealings with men. “The universal depravity of Jew and Gentile caused the church of old to pray earnestly for the first advent of Christ; and a like depravity among those who call themselves Christians may induce her to pray no less earnestly for this appearance the second time unto salvation.” Horne.