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Psalms 22:29

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"All the rich of the earth have eaten, and worshipped" [Psalm 22:29]. The rich of the earth too have eaten the Body of their Lord's humiliation, and though they have not, as the poor, been filled even to imitation, yet they have worshipped. "In His sight shall fall all that descend to earth." For He alone sees how all they fall, who abandoning a heavenly conversation, make choice, on earth, to appear happy to men, who see not their fall.

Exposition on Psalm 22 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"They have eaten." Here the effect that followed with respect to the carnal is set forth; and he posits two things. First, he sets forth their good. Second, he sets forth their failing, at "In his sight shall fall" the carnal. And they received a twofold good: namely, participation in the sacrament, and the worship of God in worship. Regarding the first he says, "They have eaten," though unworthily, because they are carnal: 1 Cor. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗