Domine, quid multiplicati. The prophet’s danger and delivery from his son Absalom: mystically, the passion and resurrection of Christ.
The Psalms reveal the human condition while also prefiguring the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
“The words, ‘I slept, and took rest; and rose, for the Lord will take me up,’ lead us to believe that this Psalm is to be understood as in the Person of Christ; for they sound more applicable to the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord, than to that history in which David’s flight is described from the face of his rebellious son.”(4) -St. Augustine
All that we are is due to the glory of God.
“‘But Thou, O Lord, art my taker.’ It is said to God in the nature of man, for the taking of man is, the Word made Flesh. ‘My glory.’ Even He calls God his glory, whom the Word of God so took, that God became one with Him. Let the proud learn, who unwillingly hear, when it is said to them, ‘For what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?’”(4) -St. Augustine
Jesus Christ delivers those who look for salvation through Him, from the death of sin.
“Let no man presume on himself, seeing that it is of the Lord to save from the death of sin; for, ‘Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? The grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.’ But do Thou, O Lord, bless Thy people, who look for salvation from Thee.”(4) -St. Augustine
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