Bellarmine on Psalm XCII: Verse 3

Verse 3

Thy throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.

Parata sedes tua ex tunc; a saeculo tu es.

Although, he says, the “throne” of Thy kingdom “is prepared from of old,” that is, from the creation of things, or from the resurrection : Thou, however, didst not begin then but “from everlasting,” Thou “art” from eternity without beginning. This word “art” does not signify the simple existence of divine nature but the fullness of being, in which all things are contained : for before He created the world, God was not poor or lacking in something; nor was He made any richer or wealthier after He created the world. For God created the world not so that He might grow richer but so that he might share His goods with us. Accordingly, He created the world not through force of necessity but moved by love and mercy; and by this same love and mercy He restored the world. “ For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.”[1]

[1] For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. Sic enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret : ut omnis qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam aeternam. [Ioann. iii. 16]

Totus tuus ego sum

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:

Ad Jesum per Mariam.