Изъяснение псалма 60-го.

Ps.60:1. To the head of the choir. On a string instrument. Psalm of David. "To the end, in songs, to David." The beginning of this psalm is in connection with the ending of the previous one. For, having said: “In God we will create strength: and He will abolish those who afflict us,” the Prophet teaches the people in captivity what kind of prayer should be offered to God. Ps.60:2. Hear, O God, my cry, heed my prayer! “Inspire, O God, my prayer, attend to my prayer.” Accept, he says, the petition, Master, and listen graciously to the words of my prayer. Then he shows who the praying ones are. Ps.60:3. From the ends of the earth I cry to You in the despondency of my heart; take me to a rock out of reach for me. Ps.60:4. For You are my refuge, You are a strong defense from the enemy. “From the ends of the earth I cried to You.” Since Babylon was many miles away from Palestine, those taken into captivity, being forced to live in Babylonian land, imagined that they lived on the edge of the universe. “My heart is always sad; you have lifted me up on a stone.” I beg You to give me consolation from You; because, being sick and mourning the misfortunes that burdened me, I used Your help and overcame my enemies. “As you were my hope, a pillar of strength from the face of the enemy.” Having hoped to have a part in Your providence, I was not deceived in my hope. For You have become my leader and a strong pillar. With Your care for me, having avoided the enemy’s attacks, I will improve my return. Ps.60:5. May I live forever in Your dwelling and rest under the shelter of Your wings. “I will dwell in Your village forever, I will be covered in the shelter of Your wings.” He calls Jerusalem the village of God because in it God showed His presence to the Jews. Therefore, the Prophet says: when I am worthy of returning, I will forever abide in Your church and benefit from Your providence. Calls Krills the care of God; and the word: “forever” the Prophet used instead of: “incessantly.” Ps.60:6. For You, O God, have heard my vows and have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name. “For You, O God, have heard my prayers: You have given wealth to those who fear Your name.” I will always sing Your praises; because, having accepted my petitions, you granted the property promised to our ancestors to us, their descendants. The Jews say this when they soon set out on their journey. But you should know that in these words there is a hint of true wealth, and true wealth is eternal life, about which the Lord Christ said to the lambs standing at the right hand: “Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world” (Matthew 25:34). The Lord promised this property to those who fear Him; to the Jews, as if as a prototype, he gave the promised land. Ps.60:7. Add the days to the days of the king, extend his years for generations and generations. Ps.60:8. May he abide forever before God; command mercy and truth to protect him. “Add days upon days of the king: his years until the day of generation and generation.” “He will remain forever before God.” Having offered such a prayer, having received what they asked for and confessed gratitude for this, they ask God to preserve the king given to them for a long time. Zerubbabel reigned over them then. But all the words of the prophecy do not apply to him. What was said: “Add days upon days of the king” also befits him; the rest is not fitting for him, but because of his great love for mankind, who came into being according to the flesh, as He Himself who came into being knows. For in Him the words of the prophecy are truly fulfilled: “His years will continue until the day of generation and generation, He will remain forever before God.” Turning his speech to Him, the same Prophet said in the hundred and first psalm: “You are the same, and Your years will not fail” (Ps. 101:28). Yes, and Zerubbabel is the image of the Lord Christ: for just as he brought captives from Babylon to his father’s land, so the Lord Christ raised all human nature, which had become captive, to its former nobility and, having destroyed the power of death, gave life to those under its dominion. “Who will seek His mercy and truth?” Who is able to accurately recognize the hidden and true mercy of God? For “the depths of God’s destinies are many” (Ps. 35:7). Ps.60:9. And I will sing to Your name forever, fulfilling my vows every day. “Thus I will sing praises to Your name forever; I will offer up my prayers day by day.” I will always praise You, tell Your mercies daily, and I will not break my vows. For the Prophet calls vows prayers. You might be interested in: