Alluding to our Lords glory in heaven and His kingdom the Psalmist says that He will sit at the right hand of God (He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty").
His enemies will be overcome: the doctrines of Christianity have overcome paganism.
He will remain for ever a King and Priest: Jesus Christ is King of that kingdom which He founded, and He offers Himself in an unbloody manner in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
He will rule over the whole earth: Jesus Christ's kingdom, i. e. His Church, is spread over the whole world, and is ever being spread further and further.
His reign will bring justice and peace: Jesus Christ has justified us and reconciled us to God by the grace which He has won for us; at His birth the angels proclaimed peace to men.
Finally the Psalmist says that the Redeemer will be of the seed of David, and that He will be likewise the Son of God and will rule for ever: therefore David calls Him his Lord. Jesus Christ is the Son of God from all eternity, and in time He took our human nature on Him. According to His human nature He was descended from David, for His holy Mother was of the race and house of David. (Compare what the Angel Gabriel said at the Annunciation. New Test. II.)
Application. David's example teaches us to worship God from our hearts; to assist at the services of God with holy joy, and, according to our capabilities, to work for their adornment by singing &c.
Chapter LVI.
DAVID'S FALL AND PENANCE— REVOLT AND PUNISHMENT OF ABSALOM.
[2 Kings 15—18.]
DAVID was a great and glorious king and a man according to the heart of God. But perhaps his very glory and success were calculated to blind him with regard to the true source of all his greatness, which came from God alone. Hence God allowed him to fall into the most grievous sins of adultery and murder. Being idle one day and looking from the roof of his house down upon people, he saw Bethsabee, the wife of Urias[1], one of his captains in the army, and being seized with a guilty passion he
- ↑ Urias. This valiant captain in the army was very devoted to the king's service.
