OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 61:1

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Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.

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Verse 1. Idithun, to sing. Worthington.—He was one of the chief musicians under David. 1 Chronicles 25:3. The psalm may be explained of David, persecuted by Absalom, ( Calmet.) of the Machabees, (Theod.) and so forth or of Christ, and his Church. Calmet.—Saint Jerome considers it a piece of excellent morality, ( Calmet.) and this may suffice, without referring it to any historical fact. Bert.

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