The solemn song that offers praise and thanksgiving to the Lord begins with repentance, and its penitential...
The solemn song that offers praise and thanksgiving to the Lord begins with repentance, and its penitential confession concerns the condemnation of people. The words about every person being a liar are called rash, and sin against a person proves comparable to sin against God, for a rash judgment is false, and who is called the father of lies if not His adversary? Unexpectedly, we understand that the “faith in humanity” proclaimed for a time by secular humanists may be inseparable from faith in God. More than that, it is possible only on the foundation of faith in God; only in this way can hope in the human person be born — sinful, disfigured by evil, yet continuing to be the crown of Creation, continuing to bear within the image and likeness of God, and capable of setting out on the path of holiness.
What can be given to the Lord in return for all His blessings? The lines that follow about taking the cup of salvation sound as an answer to this question. When we receive God’s gifts, and above all the salvation that comes from Him, and when we turn to Him, we do not merely receive something or desire to receive something from Him. It is precisely in this way that we become able to express our gratitude to Him.
114 This and the four following psalms, the Jews were wont to sing at the close of the paschal supper. It is a solemn commemoration of God's delivering Israel, giving them the law, and water out of the rock, Psa 114:1-8.