Psalms 41:1

Verse 1. Understanding. See Psalms 31. Menochius.—Core, who composed, ( Tirinus.) or sung ( Menochius.) most of the psalms in this second part. Tirinus.—Pieces of a joyful nature were generally assigned to them, according to the Jews and Saint Jerome Ps. lxxxiv. Menochius.—They were descendants of the famous schismatic, the miraculous preservation of whose innocent children teaches us, that the good will not be punished with the guilty, and that we must be raised above this earth, lest hell devour us. Numbers 16:31 and 26:10. Worthington.—The sentiments of the captives, ( Calmet.) and of every sincere Christian, are here expressed. Saint Augustine—David may have been the author, ( Calmet.) as it is generally believed. Bert.