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Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
Verse 1. Canticle. David might compose it after his sin, though it might suit the captives, and all sinners, as well as the souls in purgatory. Bert.—It has long been recited in their behalf. Worthington.—Depths of the prison of expiation, or from this vale of misery, (Bert.) captivity, ( Calmet.) and from the bottom of my heart. Saint John Chrysostom
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
Verse 3. Mark. Hebrew “observe or keep.”—It. Hebrew “who shall stand upright, ( Calmet.) or make opposition.” Bible.—We all stand in need of mercy, as none can stand before the rigours of divine justice. Worthington.
Si quoties homines peccant, sua fulmina mittat
Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit. Trist. ii. Bible.
The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
Verse 4. Law. That promises of pardon contained therein. Worthington.—Hebrew is now different from what the ancient interpreters read. Calmet.—“Therefore shalt thou be feared.” Mont. Bible.—Sym. and Theodotion agree with us.
Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
Verse 5. Word. And promises that the captivity should end, ( Calmet.) and sin be remitted. Bible.
Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Verse 6. From. Or Hebrew “more than the morning watch; yea, more than the morning watch.” I expect my deliverance with greater eagerness than sentinels do the return of morning. All the day and night long I am filled with these sentiments. Calmet.—The hope of penitents resembles the watches of the day, which are more comfortable than those of the night. Worthington.
with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
Verse 7. Redemption. Our Saviour affords the greatest consolation. Worthington.—He will save the people. Matthew 1:21 and 1 John 2:2. Bert.
Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”