Изъяснение псалма 145-го.

"Hallelujah" Other lists include: “Haggai and Zechariah.” But I did not find this either in the Hebrew text, or in other translators, or in the Exaplah of the Seventy. This psalm also commands us to sing songs to the God of all; this also makes it possible to see the inscription; because “Alleluia,” as we have said more than once, is interpreted: praise God. Ps.145:1. Praise the Lord, my soul. “Praise my soul the Lord.” The grace of the Spirit commands us all to awaken ourselves to the praise of God. Ps.146:2. I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing to my God as long as I exist. “I will praise the Lord in my belly, I will sing to my God until I am.” In the sixth psalm the Prophet said: “What will you not remember in death, but in hell who will confess to you” (Psalm 6:6)? Therefore, we learn to sing songs to God while we live, until we accept the end of our present life. Ps.145:3. Do not trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation. “Do not rely on princes.” Good advice; because princes do not always rule, but their power is temporary, and not all princes respect justice. And if there were both; then we must keep in mind the frailty of nature. For the Prophet adds the following: “For the sons of men, in them there is no salvation.” Look to nature, and do not rely on authority; because “man is like vanity” (Psalm 143:4); and: “man is like the grass of his days” (Psalm 102:15). Ps.145:4. His spirit departs, and he returns to his land: on that day his thoughts perish. “His spirit shall depart and return to his land.” The Prophet here calls the soul the spirit. When the soul departs, the body returns to what is akin to it, according to the Divine definition: “as you are earth, you will return to earth” (Gen. 3:19). “In that day all his thoughts will perish.” After the soul is separated from the body, and after the body is resolved into dust, the dreaming of thoughts turns out to be vain. The Lord taught us this in a parable. For imagining that the rich man, whose cornfield had been harvested, was plotting to destroy the barns and build a bigger one, he added: “foolishly, this night they will take your soul from You: and what You have prepared, for whom will they be” (Luke 12:16, 20)? And other people, some dream of commanding and ruling, others about acquiring fields and building houses, others imagine victories in war, others arrange the death of their enemies. But suddenly death comes, and the dream of thoughts remains unfulfilled. Thus, the Prophet, having shown the vanity of hope in people, proves the benefit of trusting in God. Ps.146:5. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God. “Blessed is the God of Jacob who is his helper; his trust is in the Lord his God.” It was not without reason that the Prophet called the God of Jacob, but by reminding us what kind of providence Jacob used, relying on God, how much and what fruits he reaped from this hope, he convinces us to hope in the God of Jacob, and calls him Lord and God, and proclaims His power to both. Then he teaches us to cognize His goodness and power from the creation of creatures. Ps.145:6. Creator of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them, forever faithful. Ps.146:7. He who brings justice to the oppressed, who gives bread to the hungry. The Lord looses the prisoners. Ps.145:8. The Lord opens the eyes of the blind, the Lord raises up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. Ps.145:9. The Lord protects strangers, supports the orphan and the widow, and perverts the path of the wicked. “He who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.” The Prophet briefly embraced in words all visible and invisible creation. He mentioned not only the sky, the earth and the sea, but also everything that is in them; and in heaven are Angels, and the nature of the invisible, and the sun, and the moon, and many stars; on earth and in the sea there are people and tribes of dumb people. Such is the power of the Creator of all things, says the Prophet. Therefore, look at the difference between princes, who are subject to corruption, and the Creator of all things. Thus, having shown that God is the Creator of all things, He shows that He provides for everything that He has created. “Who keeps the truth forever”: “Who brings judgment to the offended: who gives food to the hungry.” For He who promised is not deceitful, loves the truth, fulfills his promises, protects the offended, judges truthfully, and gives to all who are hungry the food they need. After this, the Prophet also predicts the benefits shown by the incarnation of the Savior. “The Lord will decide the bound:” “The Lord makes wise the blind: the Lord raises up the downtrodden.” This was foretold by the God of all through the mouth of the Prophet Isaiah. For, having said: “I have given you into the light of tongues,” he added: “Open the eyes of the blind, to bring them out of the chains that are bound, and from the prison house of those who sit in darkness” (Is. 42:6-7). And in another place he said on behalf of the Lord Christ: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; For the sake of My anointing, to bring My ambassador to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to preach release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind” (Isaiah 61:1). And in another place: then “the foolish words of the book will be heard, and those who are in darkness, and those who are in darkness, the eyes of the blind will see” (Isa. 29:18). “The Lord loves the righteous”: “The Lord protects the strangers.” The Lord of all gives to everyone accordingly; and He rewards the righteous who love Him in the same way, and rewards them with fatherly and merciful love. And those who escaped the wickedness of their fathers and come to Him with faith are worthy of all protection and providence. For the Prophet calls strangers “strangers.” So Blessed Paul said that we were once “without Christ, alienated from the life of Israel, and strangers from the covenant of promise, having no hope: but having sometimes been far off”, we have become “near” (Eph. 2:12-13). “He will receive the orphan and the widow, and he will destroy the way of sinners.” The Prophet, from a general providence, turns his speech to particular cases, and says that the Ruler of all does not leave anyone without care for him, but deigns all zeal, even those deprived of human care for them, and destroys the intrigues arranged against them. Ps.145:10. The Lord will reign forever, O thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation. Hallelujah. “The Lord will reign forever, your God will reign in Zion forever and ever”; because the eternal power and the unceasing kingdom belongs to the One who is recognized as your God only, Zion. You might be interested in: