Psalms 123:1

Verse 1. Canticle. Hebrew and so forth with some Lat. copies add, “of David,” ( Calmet.) who might write it after being delivered from some danger. It may also be applicable to the martyrs, and to all who have been freed from temptation. Bert.—The captives might compose it in thanksgiving for the leave to return, ( Calmet.) or when they had been delivered from the assaults of the neighbouring nations. Orig. Calmet.