The eyes of the Lord are understood by divine examination; in the psalm: the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous. [Ps.33(34):16(15)] The ears of the Lord are worthy when they hear; in the psalm: and his ears toward their cries. [Ps.33(34):16(17)] The mouth of the Lord is conversation with man; in the prophet: the mouth of the Lord has spoken. [Is.1:20] The word of the Lord is his son; in the psalm: my heart is inditing a good word. [Ps.44(45):1(2)] The arm of the Lord is his son, through whom all was made; in the prophet: the arm of the Lord is shown to him. [Is.53:1] The right hand of the Lord is like the arm of the Lord; in the psalm: the right hand of the Lord made strength. [Ps.117(118):16 Vulgate] The womb of the Lord, from which he brings forth his son, is hidden; in the psalm: out of the womb before the morning star have I begotten you. [Ps.109(110):3] The feet of the Lord are for ever stable; in the psalm: and darkness under his feet. [Ps.17(18):10(11) Vulgate] The footprints of the Lord are signs of his secret work; in the psalm: and they do not know your footprints. [Ps.76(77):20(19) Vulgate] The footsteps of the Lord are the coming or the path of the Lord; in the psalm: they have seen your footsteps, O Lord. [Ps.67(68):25(24) Vulgate] The arms of the Lord are a help to his saints; in the psalm: take up arms and a shield. [Ps.34(35):2] The protection of the Lord is a shield; in the psalm: O Lord, you have crowned us with the shield of your goodwill. [Ps.5:12] The vengeance of the Lord is a spear; in the psalm: hurl your spear and put an end to the impious. [Ps.34(35):3] The tension of divine threat is a bow; in the psalm: he has stretched his bow and prepared it. [Ps.7:13(12)] The precepts of the Lord or of the Apostles are arrows; in the psalm: he has sent his arrows and has scattered them. [Ps.17(18):15(14)] The discourse of the Lord is a vindicating sword; in the apostle: the discourse of the Lord is living, and it is as efficacious and penetrating as a two-edged sword. [Hebr.4:12] The discourse of the Lord is also a javelin. The trumpet of God is the voice of the Lord made manifest; in the apostle: in te command and voice of the archangel and in the trumpet of God. [I Thess.4:15] The chariot of the Lord, the seat of the Lord, is the four-sided gospel; in the psalm: the chariot of the Lord has 20,000 sides. [Ps.67(68):18(17)] The rod of the Lord is a sign of his rule or of the correction of discipline; in the psalm: the rod of equity, the rod of your reign. [Ps.44(45):7(6)] The staff of the Lord is the sustaining consolation of God; in the psalm: your rod and your staff, they comfort me. [Ps.22(23):4] The embers of the fire are examples of charity or of repentance; in the psalm: with the embers of the desolate. [Ps.119(120):4 Vulgate] Smoke is the beginning of future contrition or of a threat from God; in the psalm: smoke rises in his anger. The same in another part: like noxious smoke in the eyes, it is vanity. [Ps.17(18):9(8); unidentified] Fire is the Holy Spirit; in the acts of the apostles: and fire appeared to them in forked tongues and sat above each of them, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit. [Acts 2:3-4] |