ARGUMENT

ARG. THOMAS. That CHRIST is to be acknowledged as alone Almighty in the midst of the Gods. The Voice of the Church to the Jews. The Voice of the HOLY GHOST by the Prophet to the princes. And the Voice of the Church concerning the Jews and her own evil rulers. The Voice of the HOLY GHOST to the people. They are blamed who turn aside to evil and feign themselves judges among disputants. When he goeth in unto the strangers.

VEN. BEDE. Asaph denotes the Synagogue, which attained to behold the LORD the SAVIOUR in bodily presence. Asaph speaks throughout the Psalm against the Jews, concerning the Advent of CHRIST; in the first portion, warning them that the LORD had taken His stand in the midst of them; and therefore that they ought not to admit the fellowship of sinners. God standeth in the congregation of princes. In the second part, he warns them to understand that He, Who in the flesh He took on Him seemed poor and needy, is very CHRIST. Defend the poor and fatherless. In the third part he says, that they were honoured so as to become sons of GOD, but that by their own sin they had fallen into the snares of death. I said, Ye are Gods, &c.

EUSEBIUS OF CÆSAREA. A rebuke of the princes of the Jewish nation, and a prophecy concerning the Gentiles.

S. ATHANASIUS. A Psalm inflicting shame.