ARGUMENT

ARG. THOMAS. That Christ is taken up into the heavenly Sion, and is to be accounted high above all peoples. The Voice of the Church concerning the Advent of CHRIST. The Voice of the Apostles to the people of the Jews, that they should be wroth against evil spirits and vices, and follow CHRIST the LORD. The Voice of the Church to the LORD, and of the Apostles to the people of the Jews. Concerning the Tree of CHRIST and a declaration of the merits of the Saints.

VEN. BEDE. David is taken as CHRIST, Whose honour and power are sung of in this Psalm. In the first section the Prophet exhorts all the peoples to confess to CHRIST the LORD, because He hath executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob. The Lord is King, let the people be angry, &c. In the second, he exhorts the people to worship the LORD the SAVIOUR, Who was gracious to Moses and Aaron, and Samuel, because they kept His laws, whence he saith that the LORD, Who vouchsafed to hear His faithful ones, is to be exalted and worshipped. O magnify the Lord our God, &c.

SYRIAC PSALTER. Of David, concerning the slaughter of the Midianites, whom Moses and the people of Israel led captive. And a prophecy of the glory of CHRIST’S Kingdom.

EUSEBIUS OF CÆSAREA. A Hymn of the Kingdom of CHRIST.

S. ATHANASIUS. A Psalm of glorying in the LORD.