ARGUMENT

ARG. THOMAS. That CHRIST delivers innocent souls from the arrows of the ungodly. The Voice of Paul. Concerning the Passion of CHRIST. The Voice of the Prophet in the HOLY GHOST, touching the Jews, and CHRIST, and His members. The Voice of the Martyrs of CHRIST.

VEN. BEDE. The words of this title denote CHRIST, Who is to speak throughout the Psalm of His Passion. In the first part, the LORD prays that He may be delivered from the fear of the Jewish people, teaching that they were foiled in their snares, and that He hath risen again to glory. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer. In the second place He mocks the cruelty of the Jews because they were sorely troubled by reason of their sins when, by the LORD’S rising, His might was declared unto them, for then the rejoicing of the righteous, and the virtue of true faith, appeared.

SYRIAC PSALTER. Put forth by David when the Prophet Gad warned him, saying, Tarry not in Masrot, for Saul seeketh thy death. To us, spiritually, the triumph of the athletes, the instruction of them that fear GOD, and victory in the struggle.

EUSEBIUS OF CÆSAREA. The doctrine of an athlete who serves GOD.

S. ATHANASIUS. A Psalm of address, prayer, and supplication.