Psalm 118 (Vulgate)
- Description
- The longest psalm, an alphabetic acrostic, cited by Jerome among the alphabetic compositions and quoted for its meditation on God's law
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE.
— Jerome lists it among the alphabetic psalms
"the thirty-sixth, the hundred and tenth, the hundred and eleventh, the hundred and eighteenth, and the hundred and forty-fourth"
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Jerome quotes it on the law being the psalmist's song in exile
"Your statutes were my song in the place of my pilgrimage."
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Jerome quotes it as David unveiling his eyes to see the wonders of the law
"Unveil, says David, my eyes, and I shall consider the wonders of your law."