Chapter 101

Ps.101:1. The prayer of a beggar, when he becomes discouraged, will pour out his prayer before the Lord. The poor according to God, that is, the face of the Prophets, filled with sadness about the disastrous fate of the first people, approaches the Lord, sending up prayers in fasting and tears for this people, so that they too may be spared; He also preaches the calling of the pagans to the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ. Ps.101:2. Lord, hear my prayer. What happened to the people is adopted by the face of the Prophets. Ps.101:4. As if my days had disappeared, like smoke, and my bones had dried up. Although this explanation was made above, it will be repeated here. All their strength, which supported the subordinate service, weakened and perished. This power consisted of the high priesthood, the church, the sacrifice of animals, and popular independence. Ps.101:7. Like a nocturnal corvid on the dive. He says this because of the darkness that has fallen upon the people; for he was in “ignorance of God.” The property of the night corvid is nothing other than to make a voice at night, from. which is why he got his name. That is why the Psalmist, spending whole nights in prayer, rightly likens himself to a night crow. Ps.101:8. Bdekh, and bdekh, like a special bird here. “I, who did not suffer punishment during sin,” says the Prophet, “was left in such solitude that I became like a single bird. For out of many thousands, although there were many being saved, yet, in comparison with many thousands, they were like one bird. Ps.101:9. All day long, you will insult me. I have become ridiculous to my enemies, who formerly envied me, and now swear by my misfortunes, praying that they will not suffer anything like this. And the expression “ashes” (Ps. 101:10) is similar to what was said in the seventy-ninth psalm: “feed us with the bread of tears” (Ps. 79:6). If the time of eating food was very painful, then any other time was not free from suffering. Ps.101:9. And those who praise me swear by me. And my friends, who had previously marveled at me, uttering an oath, mention my misfortunes, saying: Let me not suffer the same thing that Israel suffered! Ps.101:10. Ashes are behind, like bread is eaten. It indicates either the disasters that befell during captivity, or the suffering to which the righteous subjected themselves so that God would have mercy on the people. Ps.101:11. For you have exalted and cast me down. For the people of Israel, alone among all nations, were exalted as the only ones who had knowledge of the truth. God. Ps.101:12. My days have turned away like the shadows. He calls the days of his subordinate service, which is called the sowing of future blessings, his own. It says “az” instead of “people”; because, as noted above, the Psalmist assimilates to himself what happened to the people. Ps.101:15. For Thy servants will take pleasure in his stone, and his dust will blight him. “Stone” refers to those who believed in Christ after the resurrection and became, in the words of Zechariah, “a holy stone” (Zech. 9:16); “slaves” he calls the holy Apostles, with whose assistance those who believed in Christ were saved; and by “the dusty” he means people who still live a dusty life and have not believed until now. But the Psalmist also calls them worthy of generosity; because this remains is preserved until the last day. For these too will be saved through the prophet Elijah. Ps.101:16. And the nations will fear the name of the Lord. Having spoken about the favor of the stone people of the Old Testament, by the way he adds about the calling of the pagans. And all the kings of the earth are Your glory. It says "king" instead of "kingdom". For there is neither kingdom nor nation that does not worship the glory of the Lord. Ps.101:17. For the Lord of Zion will build, that is, the Church. Ps.101:18. Look to the prayer of the humble. For the self-humiliating Prophets, praying, said: “And You, Lord God of Israel, visit all the languages” (Ps. 58:6). Ps.101:19. May this be written down in the family. Either the prayer contained in the psalm, or the prophetic promise about the pagans, as if inscribed on a pillar, will be handed over to the Jews for safekeeping for the new Israel, for this race of Christ. And the people of the land will praise the Lord. Ps.101:20. As if from His holy height. Presents to us the reason for the calling of the Gentiles. And this is the appearance of our Savior Christ, when He came, bowing the heavens. Ps.101:21. Hear the sighs of the chained. Who are these “chained” if not those whom the devil, a hater of good, has bound as captives of sin? Allow the sons of the slain. “The sons of those who were slain” are the Gentiles who believed; because their fathers died as idolaters in their sins. Ps.101:22. Proclaim His name in Zion. The reason for the condescension was that the Church would learn to sing songs of praise to His name; because Zion is the Church. Ps.101:23. Sometimes people get together. The prophets, having foreseen by the Spirit the gathering of the pagans to the Lord, prayed that they too might be granted this blessed vision and event. Ps.101:24. Answer him on the way of his fortress. The Prophetic face answers as one who inquired of God. “The path of strength” His coming to earth is called. For he came to bind the strong one. Raise up the detraction of my days for me. Tell me: what is our life like? For he wanted to know whether his life would last until those days in which the Only Begotten Man would appear on earth. Ps.101:25. Do not bring me to the heights of my days. He calls the “half of his days”, or his life, the time while he remains in one vision of the coming. Therefore, he prays that all his time will be fulfilled and, if possible, his life will be extended, and he will be honored to see the very fulfillment of the event. For in that case his whole life would have been fulfilled. In the generation of generations is Your summer. The prophetic face, knowing by the Spirit that it will not reach the end of the event, says: I rest as a mortal; You are one, Master, and you will remain in these generations; because You, as God, are the same by Whom the heavens were created in the beginning. Ps.101:27. They will perish, but You remain. You alone, Master, like God, have eternity; the heavens, although they are a great and excellent creation, will nevertheless undergo corruption. But this decay will turn into renewal for them; because they curl up, being transformed into the most perfect form. Ps.101:29. Your servant's sons will dwell. When the heavens are filled and creation is renewed, then in the eternal settlements there will be “the sons of your servants.” And these are those who believed through His holy Apostles. And their seed will be corrected forever. The seed of the holy Apostles is the gospel and saving preaching that will endure forever. You might be interested in: