Chapter 100

In this psalm, David describes to us someone who has reached perfection and lives according to God, teaching us what kind of life should be followed by those who desire to gain the kingdom of heaven. Ps.100:1. I will sing to You of mercy and judgment, O Lord. Since I constantly have in my mouth the blessings shown to us that I know, then let judgment be given, that is, justice be revealed; because the Lord has justified our relationship with our enemies. Ps.100:2. I sing and understand on the way immaculately. I sing a song, says David. It is clearer to say: I will not stop singing songs, keeping my path immaculate and awaiting Your appearance, Master; because we must prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord. And this wondrous man acquired such purity that he boldly cried out to God: As if he were saying this: I have prepared for You a splendid royal feast, I long for Your coming, Master, I am burning with desire to see Your appearance, grant me what I desire. I walked in the gentleness of my heart in the midst of my house. I did not allow a single unrighteous thought to pervade me, but was entirely contained within myself, in the purity of “transients.” Ps.100:3. Those who commit crimes begin to hate. For we must not only abstain from evil deeds, but also turn away from those who do evil. Ps.100:4. Do not cling to my obstinate heart. The suggestions of the devil, as if they do not have straightness in them, are crooked and depraved, and I have never allowed them into my heart. I have not known the evil one who evades Me. Before, he says, I did not pay any attention to the evil ones, that I knew neither about their presence nor about their absence; and therefore, I did not know when they left me; and if they were with me, I didn’t know if they were here. Proof that the thought is attached to God, to serve is not in the least concerned about earthly things, but attentive to heavenly things. Ps.100:5. The one who slanderes his sincere secret, we expel him. I did not allow accusations made in secret to come to my attention, I even drove away those who attempted to do so. With a proud eye and an insatiable heart, I don’t eat this. Those who are arrogant and prone to dominance were not my dining companions. Ps.100:6. My eyes are on the faithful lands, plant them with me. Men adorned with faith and highly reverent of the divine took part in my meetings and deliberations. But I tried to keep people who were not so disposed, who held the opposite way of thinking, that is, proud, insulting and humiliating, away from me, so as not to even see them. Ps.100:8. Voutry beat up all the sinners of the earth. “Sinful” he calls the evil thoughts that he suppressed in himself through morning prayers and the continuous aspiration of his mind towards God. And all the workers of iniquity shall consume from the city of the Lord. “City of the Lord” refers to the holy soul, according to what was said: “the glorious spoken of you, the city of God” (Ps. 86:3). You might be interested in: