I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Rest, in sin; (Saint Athanasius) or, I have not lost my confidence in God, though dangers threaten on every side. Calmet.—Jesus remained undaunted, when his enemies surrounded him; he continued (Theod. and so forth) free among the dead, and rose again by his own power. Bible.—If he prayed that the chalice might be removed, it was to teach us how to behave. Calmet.—He was buried, and rose again, and his disciples believed the Scriptures (John 2:22) recorded here, and in other places. Worthington.—The same word refers to past and future things. Saint Gregory Mor. xx. 1. Worthington.