Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Ps 35, 1 Oppose, LORD, those who oppose me

(Ps 35, 1) Oppose, LORD, those who oppose me

[1] Of David. Oppose, LORD, those who oppose me; war upon those who make war upon me.

(CCC 304) And so we see the Holy Spirit, the principal author of Sacred Scripture, often attributing actions to God without mentioning any secondary causes. This is not a "primitive mode of speech", but a profound way of recalling God's primacy and absolute Lordship over history and the world (Cf. Isa 10:5-15; 45:51; Dt 32:39; Sir 11:14), and so of educating his people to trust in him. The prayer of the Psalms is the great school of this trust (Cf. Pss 22; 32; 35; 103; 138; et al.).

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