But my horn shall you exalt like the horn of a wild ox: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
11. ..."But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn" (ver. 10). Why did He say, "like the horn of an unicorn"? Sometimes an unicorn signifies pride, sometimes it means the lifting up of unity; because unity is lifted up, all heresies shall perish with the enemies of God. And "mine horn shall be exalted like an unicorn." When will it be so? "And mine old age shall be in the fatness of mercy." Why did he say, "my old age"? He means, my last days; as our old age is the last season in our lives, so the whole of what the body of Christ at present suffereth in labours, in cares, in watchings, in hunger, in thirst, in stumbling-blocks, in wickednesses, in tribulations, is its youth: its old age, that is, its last days, will be in joy. And beware, beloved, that ye think not death meant also, in that he hath spoken of old age: for man groweth old in the flesh for this reason, that he may die. The old age of the Church will be white with good works, but it shall not decay through ...
Mercy. Hebrew and some copies of the Septuagint have "oil "an emblem of mercy, Proverbs xxi. 20. (Berthier)
"I shall be anointed with fresh oil. "(Protestants)
"My old age shall be like a verdant olive. "(Houbigant) (Symmachus)
Those who have a good conscience, expect final happiness. (Worthington)
