43:23. Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
43:24. Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
43:25. For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
43:26. Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake.
Psalms Chapter 44
Eructavit cor meum.
The excellence of Christ's kingdom, and the endowments of his church.
44:1. Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.
For them that shall be changed… i.e., for souls happily changed, by being converted to God.-Ibid. The Beloved… Viz., Our Lord Jesus Christ.
44:2. My heart hath uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king: My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly.