Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
The verse is a cry to God for help when the godly seem to be disappearing and faithfulness is failing among people. It belongs to a time of moral darkness when the spirit of antichrist prevails. It means that godly and faithful people have become scarce. The scarcity extends even to ministers, with few truly serving the truth. The failure of shepherds does not leave the flock without care, for God himself takes charge of them.
It implies that many fail to take such spiritual decline to heart. It applies to worldly conformity and apostasy in the churches, where professed believers love comfort and respectability and shrink from suffering reproach for Christ.
The verse is a cry to God for help when the godly seem to be disappearing and faithfulness is failing among people. It belongs to a time of moral darkness when the spirit of antichrist prevails. It means that godly and faithful people have become scarce. The scarcity extends even to ministers, with few truly serving the truth. The failure of shepherds does not leave the flock without care, for God himself takes charge of them.
It implies that many fail to take such spiritual decline to heart. It applies to worldly conformity and apostasy in the churches, where professed believers love comfort and respectability and shrink from suffering reproach for Christ.