ARGUMENT

ARG. THOMAS. That CHRIST shall render to His saints, in righteous judgment, a revenge concerning the slaughter of the poor. The Prophet speaketh concerning the elders of the Jews. And the Voice of CHRIST to the Jews, judging Him unjustly; and against the Priests, perversely condemning His members.

VEN. BEDE. The word end and David in the inscription of the title signifieth CHRIST on the Cross; and Pilate is thereby admonished not to destroy that inscribed title which declared the LORD to be King. In the opening of the Psalm the LORD upbraideth the iniquity of the Jews: Are your minds set upon righteousness? In the second part He declareth, in most apt types, the vengeance that shall fall on them: Break their teeth, O God. In the third part He telleth what shall be the feeling of the just concerning the punishment of sinners: The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance.

SYRIAC PSALTER. A Psalm of David, when Saul threatened the priests because they would not make known to him the hiding-place of the same David, though they knew it themselves; but to us it setteth forth a manifestation of the just judgment of GOD.