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37. Homily 37 On Psalm 110 (111)
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HOMILY 37 ON PSALM 110 (llI) DWILL GIVE THANKS to the Lord with all my heart.' If David were not single-hearted and sincere, he would not have said, I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; not only with his lips, but with all his heart. 'In the company and assembly of the just. Great are the works of the Lord.' Of the just, he says, of those who at first were sinners, but are now just. Is it not cause for wonderment when, moreover, we behold the elephant and the camels on the one hand, and the fly and the mosquito on the other, all with the same mobility, breath of life, and members? 'He has given food to those who fear him.' He fed Elias when he was hungry; He rained down manna in the desert for the Jews, and 'fulfilled the Scripture: He has given food to those who fear Him. This interpretation accords with the literal sense. The food that He gave, however, was the Bread which came down from heaven;' with this He feeds us if we are worthy. How many martyrs there are, indeed, who have been consumed with hunger and are now with the Lord! 'Holy and awesome is his name'; holy to the saints, terrible to sinners. 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom'; there is no wisdom in those who do not fear the Lord, or, they who have no wisdom have no fear. 'His praise endures forever.' Because 'alleluia'2 is inscribed in the title, naturally the psalm closes with a doxology, for the translation of alleluia is, praise the Lord. 1 John 6.41-59. 2 Cf. Commentarioli in ps. 104.1; Homily 32 on Ps. 105, p. 234; 56 on Ps. 146, p. 400; 58 on Ps. 148, p. 416. 280 ...