Chapter 54

Ps.54:1. In the end, in songs of reason to David 5. The prophet, having seen in spirit what the Jewish people and Judas himself would do to Christ, filled with sorrow and bewilderment, which in this psalm he calls “sorrow”, at the sight of such audacity does not cease to be embarrassed and perplexed, and begs God to turn His ear to him, to heed his prayer, and secondly to recognize the prayerfully sent petition, and thirdly to look at the state sending up the prayer, and thus deigned to listen to him. Why does he add: Ps.54:3. listen to me and hear me. Ps.54:2. God inspire my prayer. He brings various petitions, begging him to accept them. For he says, do not despise me who is tearfully praying, but “take me in” with favor and give me help. Ps.54:3. I was grieved by my sadness and became confused. For he was filled with bewilderment, seeing the lawless acts with the Savior, which he later explains by saying: Ps.55:4. from the voice of the enemy and from the coldness of the sinner. The meaning of the whole speech is this: pay attention to the fact that I was “grieved,” that I was “confused,” that I was filled with sadness, and having understood this, “hear me.” For you have turned away iniquity against me. For everything committed against the Savior is attributed to his own person. This is what they did to me out of rancor, born of unreasonable anger. Enmity is prolonged anger. For this reason, I became fearful and embarrassed, as if I was already threatened with death, such anxiety and such fear came over me that it seems that I do not see a ray of light, but I am in darkness. And I reasoned that it was best for me to escape, and I prayed that I would have wings, and that I might move and seek peace for myself in another place. Ps.54:5. My heart is confused within me, and the fear of death attacks me. Behold, my heart has transformed all my insides. But also the fear of death “attacking me.” This speaks either of a saving death, at the sight of which the prophet, moved by human thoughts, was filled with fear, or of the death of souls who will perish for such daring deeds. attacked the prophet, who saw that the Beloved of God was suffering this from the wicked. because what is done with the Savior is truly worthy of darkness. Then, as if abandoned among those who do this, and not finding any refuge or place for himself to escape from evils, he wants to soar into the heights and, becoming a bird, fly through the air. Ps.54:9. I trust God to save me from cowardice and from the storm. Tempest calls the sorrow caused to him by suffering. Ps.54:10. For I have seen lawlessness and strife in the city. It also represents the reason why he performed the prayer. Ps.54:13. As if the enemy had reviled us, I would have suffered slaughter. This can rightly be attributed to the face of a traitor. Ps.54:14. You, an indifferent man, are My Lord and My Known, that is, you, whom I have made ruler, and specifically Judah. Ps.54:15. You also thoroughly enjoyed being with me. Or to put it another way: you, who have been repeatedly awarded the same meal with Me. In the house of God we walk with like-mindedness. He says this because he repeatedly entered the church with him. Ps.54:16. May death come to her, and may she go down to hell alive. Since they did not want to accept You - life, then such a death will befall them. It is said: “Let them go down to hell and live.” For, knowing that He was the heir, they said: “Come, let us kill Him” (Matthew 21:38). The Prophet recognized knowledge as life. Ps.54:17. I cried out to God, and the Lord heard me. I cried out to God. What did he cry for if not to deliver his soul from those who sought to destroy it? That's why he was heard. Ps.54:18. We will sing evening and morning and noon, that is, I will not cease to proclaim that You have heard and delivered my soul. Ps.54:19. Like in a lot of noise I'm banging with me, for many have gathered against me, intending to snatch away my soul from me. Ps.54:20. There is no change for them. They will be humiliated, because they have nothing to give in return for their souls. For, having once renounced the honorable blood of Christ, accepted in exchange for the life of the world, they no longer have a redemptive price. Ps.54:21. Stretch out Your hand for retribution. God stretched out His hand, the giver of blessings, so that they too would become partakers of the blessing, but they not only did not accept, but even “desecrated the covenant,” that is, the gospel. Ps.54:22. Divided by the wrath of His face. Since they did evil to the Benefactor, he scattered them to all the winds. And their hearts drew near. Again he talks about Judas. He decided in his heart to betray Christ, and although he uttered softened and peaceful words, they were still filled with malice. What words are these if not spoken during the betrayal: “Rejoice, Rabbi” (Matthew 26:49). Ps.54:23. Cast your sorrow upon the Lord, and He will nourish you. This is similar to what was said: “Do not worry about what you eat, or what you drink, or what you put on” (Matthew 6:25). He will never give fame to the righteous, that is, at all times he will deliver the righteous from every enemy uprising. Ps.54:24. You, God, will bring them down into the student of decay, that is, those who rebelled and handed over to crucifixion, and he calls hell “the student of corruption.” Men of blood and flattery will not spend their days. “Men of blood” he calls those who killed the Chief of life, who did not fulfill the time of their lives, and were betrayed to the sword by the Romans. You might be interested in: