67:19. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou
hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the
dwelling of the Lord God.

Led captivity captive... Carrying away with thee to heaven those who
before had been the captives of Satan; and receiving from God the Father
gifts to be distributed to men; even to those who were before
unbelievers.

67:20. Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will
make our journey prosperous to us.

67:21. Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are
the issues from death.

The issues from death... The Lord alone is master of the issues, by
which we may escape from death.

67:22. But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of
them that walk on in their sins.

67:23. The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into
the depth of the sea:

I will turn them from Basan, etc... I will cast out my enemies from
their rich possessions, signified by Basan, a fruitful country; and I
will drive them into the depth of the sea: and make such a slaughter of
them, that the feet of my servants may be dyed in their blood, etc.

67:24. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the
tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.

67:25. They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my
king who is in his sanctuary.

Thy goings... Thy ways, thy proceedings, by which thou didst formerly
take possession of the promised land in favour of thy people; and shalt
afterwards of the whole world, which thou shalt subdue to thy Son.

67:26. Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young
damsels playing on timbrels.

Princes... The apostles, the first converters of nations; attended by
numbers of perfect souls, singing the divine praises, and virgins
consecrated to God.

67:27. In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of
Israel.

From the fountains of Israel... From whom both Christ and his apostles
sprung. By Benjamin, the holy fathers on this place understand St. Paul,
who was of that tribe, named here a youth, because he was the last
called to the apostleship. By the princes of Juda, Zabulon, and
Nephthali, we may understand the other apostles, who were of the tribe
of Juda; or of the tribes of Zabulon, and Nephthali, where our Lord
began to preach, Matt. 4.13, etc.

67:28. There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The prin