Lecture 9

^3:25^ Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.

^3:26^ Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of the Lord.

^3:27^ Teth. It is good for a man, when he has borne the yoke from his youth.

53. Here he shows the divine mercy from the expectation of future benefits.

And first, he puts the expectation;

second, the condition of the one waiting, at he shall sit solitary, and hold his peace (Lam 3:28).

Concerning the first, he does three things.

First, he presents the fruit of waiting: the Lord is good, as it were, spreading his own goodness. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart! (Ps 72:1).

Second, he presents the manner of waiting: it is good to wait with silence, patiently, without murmuring. In silence and in hope shall your strength be (Isa 30:15).

Third, he presents the time of waiting: it is good for a man, when he has borne the yoke, of the fear of the Lord and of love, from his youth, so that the age of turbulence be calmed and more easily accustomed to good. A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it (Prov 22:6).