Original Douay–Rheims AnnotationsPsalms 6
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Psalms 6:1
For the octave.
Literally is seemeth that the Psalms which have For the octave in their titles ◦, were to be sung on an instrument of eight strings. So the Chaldee paraphrasis translateth, In citheris octo chordarum: in Citherns of eight strings. But prophetically S. Augustine, & others expound it, to pertain to the Resurrection in the end of this world. So David, and all penitent sinners bewail their sins, and do penance in this life, for the octave, that is for the world to come.
In thy fury, nor in thy wrath.
By fury is signified divine justice, irrevocably condemning the wicked to eternal damnation [1]: by wrath, God's fatherly chastisement correcting sinners, whom he saveth. Whereupon S. Gregory teacheth, that the faithful soul not only feareth fury, but also wrath: because after the death of the flesh, some are deputed to eternal torments, some pass to life through the fire of purgation [2]. Which doctrine the same holy father confirmeth, by the judgement of S. Augustine more ancient. Who likewise affirmeth, that all those which have not laid Christ their foundation, are rebuked in fury, because they are tormented in eternal fire: and those which upon right foundation (of true faith in Christ) have built wood, hay, stubble, are chastised in wrath, because they are brought to rest of beatitude, but purged by fire. Let therefore the faithful soul (considering what she hath done, and contemplating what she shall receive) say: Lord rebuke me not, in thy fury: nor chastise me in thy wrath. As if she said more plainly: This only with my whole intention of heart I crave, this incessantly with all my desires I covert, that in the dreadful judgement, thou neither strike me with the reprobate, nor afflict me with those, that shall be purged in burning flames. Thus S. Gregory, in Psalm. penitent. v. 1.