Chapter 116

Ps.116:1. Praise the Lord, all you nations. Ps.116:2. For His mercy was established upon us. The pagans, he says, would never have experienced such a change if the mercy of God had overcome our sins. And the truth of the Lord endures forever. For the Lord has granted the salvation which He promised through the holy prophets. With this, blessed Paul begins his letter to the Romans: “Paul is the servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, chosen for the gospel of God, as he first promised through his prophets in the writings of the saints” (Rom. 1:1-2). And he also says: “I say... Christ Jesus, a servant of the circumcision according to the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers, and to glorify God with the tongue according to mercy” (Rom. 15:8-9). So, since the God of all has fulfilled the promises, granted the salvation that He promised, and opened the fountains of mercy to everyone, then both you who came from among the Jews and you who believed from the Gentiles, having composed a harmonious hymn, give tribute to the Benefactor. You might be interested in: