Psalms — Chapter 53

DEUS IN NOMINE TUO SALVUM ME FAC. Lapide: Psalm 53 — a brief prayer for help. "Save me, O God, by Thy Name." Lapide: the Name of God (Nomen Dei) = the divine nature and attributes invoked as the ground of salvation. Not merely a formula but the actual divine reality to which prayer is addressed. Lapide connects this to Jn. 14:13: "Whatever you shall ask the Father in My name..."