[Scriptum compendiosum Psalterii intentionem declarans]

In the Lord I put my trust

The author of the psalm is the prophet David. The matter is the depravity of the wicked who try to subvert the faithful. The intention is to teach the faithful how they may resist their depravity by not consenting to them. The sentence in general: the prophet in that psalm speaks in the person of any faithful one who trusts only in the Lord, whom sinners try insidiously and deceptively to induce into their own depravity and to allure to another state, namely the vain honor of this world, showing how the Lord, seeing the just and the impious in the temple of his glory, will finally distribute retribution to both.

Save me, O God

The author of the psalm is the prophet David. The matter is the evils of the world from which he seeks to be delivered. The intention is to call men away from the evils of the world. The sentence in general: the prophet in that psalm, in his own person and that of any faithful one, attending to the manifold vanity and depravity of the men of this world, for instance how everyone deceives another and despises them with proud, wicked backbiting, runs to the Lord and asks to be made safe. In sum, he asks God the Father to send his only-begotten Son for the sake of consolation, whose words he comprehends in brevity.

How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me

The author of the psalm is the prophet David. The matter is the adversity and tribulation caused by enemies,

to many sons of men, that is, the just, who are to be exposed in the kingdom of heaven. The intention is to exhort the faithful not to succumb in these tribulations, but to hope in the mercy of God and trust in his deliverance. The sentence in general: the prophet in this psalm, in the person of any faithful one, warns the soul, mindful of the mercy of God, of his own state in which he finds himself captured miserably by the devil, and prays that he may be heard and illuminated. And lest he die in mortal sins, he chastises his enemies for exalting themselves.

The fool has said in his heart

The author of the psalm is the prophet David. The matter is the contempt of God by the wicked. The intention is to confute such men. The sentence in general: the prophet in that psalm speaks about anyone who is obstinate in his own evils, who, although he confesses God with words, yet denies him by his deeds. God examines and punishes, and snatches the innocent from his hand.

O Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle

The author of the psalm is the prophet David. The matter is the dwelling of both the militant and the triumphant Church. The intention is to show who belongs to those churches. The sentence in general: the prophet in that psalm speaks of those who dwell worthily in the militant Church and who rest in the triumphant one. Especially, however, about the perfection of the minister of the militant Church, by way of question and answer.