I will extol you, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
2. It is then whole Christ who speaketh. "I will exalt Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast taken Me up" (ver. 1). I will praise Thy high Majesty, O Lord, for Thou hast taken Me up. "Thou hast not made Mine enemies to rejoice over Me." And those, who have so often endeavoured to oppress Me with various persecutions throughout the world, Thou hast not made to rejoice over Me.
1. To the end, a Psalm of the joy of the Resurrection, and the change, the renewing of the body to an immortal state, and not only of the Lord, but also of the whole Church. For in the former Psalm the tabernacle was finished, wherein we dwell in the time of war: but now the house is dedicated, which will abide in peace everlasting.
Dedication, when David sung after he had (Haydock) built a magnificent palace, 2 Kings v. (Worthington)
David's, led avid, or "to David "which some rather join with Psalm, (Muis) and explain the house of the tabernacle or temple; though it seems more probably to relate to the altar, which David erected, after the pestilence (Calmet) had destroyed 70,000, 2 Kings xxiv. 25. There seems to be nothing respecting a dedication in the psalm; whence we may conjecture that the title is not very authentic. The Greeks (Berthier) prefixed "unto the end "in the Roman Septuagint, but not Grabe's (Haydock)
The Rabbins inform us that this psalm was used when people brought their first fruits to the temple, and that it will be sung at the dedication of the temple, which the expect the Messias will erect. (Selden, Syn. iii. 13.)
The Fathers explain it of Christ's resurrection. (Calmet)
It may be put in the mouth of a just man leaving this world. (Berthier)
the title of Psalm, most properly belongs ...
Extol. Or publish thy great goodness and power, (Haydock) in the same sense as we say Hallowed be thy name. (Berthier)
Though God can receive no increase of glory, we must show our gratitude. (Worthington)
Me. Thou hast not suffered my people to be wholly destroyed, nor myself to perish in consequence of my vain curiosity. (Calmet)
David sings this psalm in thanksgiving for his many deliverances. (Worthington)
