Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint. LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Indignation. Lit. “fury.” Bible.—Such strong expressions were requisite to make the carnal Jews fear God’s judgments, though a being of infinite perfection can have no passion. Saint John Chrysostom—David does not beg to be free from suffering, ( Bible.) but he requests that God would chastise him with moderation. Jeremiah 10:24 and 46:28. Calmet.—Justice without mercy is reserved for the last day. Saint Gregory—Wrath. This regards those who have built wood, and so forth on the foundation. They shall be purified by fire. Saint Augustine Purgatory was then believed in the 4th Cent. Bert.—Let me not be condemned either to it, or hell. Saint Gregory hic. and Psalms 37.