His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 17. Sanctuary. The Church, which teaches all truth; or heaven, ( Menochius.) or the holy Scriptures, (Lyran.) or rather the counsels of God, which were disclosed to him, (verse 24) when he was sensible that the question was not to be answered satisfactorily by human reason. Calmet.—The last judgment will explain all. Bible.—In this life, we cannot know the particular causes why the just are afflicted. Worthington.—None but the high priest could enter into the Mosaic sanctuary. Calmet.—Religion alone, or the future world, can unfold these mysteries. There we shall learn, that the just require to be purified, and the the sinner’s conversion is expected to be the fruit of his reprieve, and of his temporal felicity, (Bert.) to which he may perhaps have had some title, for the few good works which he may have done. Bible.