Psalm XII.453    Lat. XI.

To the end, for the eighth, a psalm of David.

1. It has been said on the sixth Psalm,454    [A.N.F., vol. i. p. 63, note 2. The world created in seven days; and the Fathers take the eighth to mean the new creation, or “regeneration.” Matt. xix. 28, with which compare Acts iii. 21.—C.] that “the eighth” may be taken as the day of judgment. “For the eighth” may also be taken “for the eternal age;” for that after the time present, which is a cycle of seven days, it shall be given to the Saints.

2. “Save me, O Lord, for the holy hath failed;” that is, is not found: as we speak when we say, Corn fails, or, Money fails. “For the truths have been minished from among the sons of men” (ver. 1). The truth is one, whereby holy souls are enlightened: but forasmuch as there are many souls, there may be said in them to be many truths: as in mirrors there are seen many reflections from one face.

3. “He hath talked vanity each man to his neighbour” (ver. 2). By neighbour we must understand every man: for that there is no one with whom we should work evil; “and the love of our neighbour worketh no evil.”455    Rom. xiii. 10. “Deceitful lips, with a heart and a heart they have spoken evil things.”456    LXX. Al. κακ€. The repetition, “with a heart and a heart,” signifies a double heart.