God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Corrupt not.‘Tis believed to have been the beginning of some ode or hymn, to the tune of which this psalm was to be sung. Saint Augustine and other Fathers, take it to be an admonition of the Spirit of God, not to faint, or fail in our hope; but to persevere with constancy in good: because God will not fail in his due time, to render to every man according to his works. Challoner.—Sym. has, “concerning incorruption,” ( Bible.) whence some have explained the psalm of the general resurrection. Euseb.—The Chaldee refers it to David, praying that the angel would cease to destroy, (2 Kennicott. 24) while others suppose that he forbids Abisai to hurt Saul. 1 Kennicott. 26:9. Saint Jerome—This and similar difficult terms might resemble the anthems of Church music. Geneb. Bert. Psalms 56.—The psalm is a sequel to the former, ( Calmet.) or a moral instruction, given by the Son of God, (verse 3) after the author had admonished us to attend, and place ourselves in his presence. It is not necessary to suppose that it is written in the form of a dialogue. Bert.