Verse 2
In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.
In Jerusalem. Montes in circuitu ejus; et Dominus in circuitu populi sui, ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum.
He proves what he has said, that mount Sion is secure and strong, but that those who trust in the Lord are much more so; this is because although Sion has mountains “round about it” like a wall, the man who “trusts in the Lord” has the Lord almighty Himself round about him; and the mountains which encircle mount Sion could fall and be levelled; but the Lord is round about His people “from henceforth now and forever.” The meaning of these two verses is that all those who trust in the Lord should feel perfectly safe, because the Lord protects them from all evil; and even if they should suffer temporary afflictions, this will be worked (by God) to their own good; and if God perchance should permit their riches, or health or such like to be taken away from them, He will replace these with something better, that is, patience and consolation, with the reward of eternal glory. But in this text, confidence or trust must not be understood as vain presumption, but rather that trust which is born of a faith which is not feigned, from a pure heart, from a good conscience and from fervent love.
Totus tuus ego sum
Et omnia mea tua sunt;
Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam.
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