This lament psalm opens with a cry for help, asserting that the faithful have ceased and loyalties have vanished among humanity. The language of faithful ceasing and vanishing suggests a comprehensive moral collapse where trustworthy people become rare. The opening appeals to God against the background of human faithlessness, establishing that the psalmist's hope rests entirely on God rather than on human community. This opening establishes the lament's occasion: the speaker perceives himself as isolated among those who lack integrity.

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