Francis Patrick Kenrick

The text is obscure. The SjTriac and Arabic versions agree with the Vulgate. P. " If the founda- tions are destroyed, what can the righteous do ?" Some take it to be a proverbial expression, to signify that a work cannot stand when the foundations are undermined. St. Jerome renders it : leges dissipatoR sunt : " the laws are disregarded." The friends of David endeavor to persuade him that his efforts are unavailing, whilst his enemies disregard all law and social bonds. Society cannot be maintained when the great principles on which it reposes are called in question, and its chief supporters are overthrown.