ARGUMENT

ARG. THOMAS. That CHRIST may love the righteous, enlighten the blind, and loose the prisoners. The Voice of CHRIST. The Voice of CHRIST to the people, that they cease not to offer praise to the FATHER and to Himself; or the Voice of the Apostles to the people, that they trust not in princes, but in Him Who lifts up souls cast down by the attack of the ancient enemy, and enlightens the blind, and loves the righteous.

VEN. BEDE. That memorial of the LORD’S praise, which he had set down in Latin in the preceding titles, now at the close of the same praise he desires to augment with the Hebrew word, Alleluia.

The Prophet, desiring to sing the LORD’S praises with his whole heart, at the first outset saith that no trust whatever is to be put in men, lest anything should he coldly asked of Him, if it were believed that another could give it. Praise the Lord, O my soul. In the second place, he avers that all hope ought to be placed in the Almighty LORD, and seeing that He is the LORD, it is laid down most clearly from His doings that the Gentiles, convinced by such abundant proofs, should with faithful devotion abandon their errors. Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob, &c.

SYRIAC PSALTER. Spoken by the Prophets Haggai and Zechariah, who went up with the captivity from Babylon. Concerning the morning office of the Priests. And a prayer and praise with doctrine of GOD.

EUSEBIUS OF CÆSAREA. A hymn with doctrine of GOD.

S. ATHANASIUS. A Psalm uttering praise.