ARGUMENT

ARG. THOMAS. That by the gift of CHRIST we rise and rejoice. The Prophet exhorts him that worketh, and tells how we are set free by the Passion. The Church applies it to CHRIST going to the Cross.

VEN. BEDE. The Prophet, filled with the knowledge of the future, prays that those prosperous events may happen to the Holy Church, which he knows will be bestowed upon her by the Advent of the LORD. At the opening he prays that the Church, wearied with the storms of this world, may receive CHRIST the LORD. Next, that the LORD may, of His love, confirm all her designs and her true faith, and promises that the people shall be magnified, not by worldly power, but by the Divine Arm.

SYRIAC PSALTER. Of David, when he prayed that he might come safe out of the war with the Ammonites. To us now it is a useful prayer.