Psalms — Chapter 70

QUONIAM TU ES PATIENTIA MEA DOMINE. Lapide: Psalm 70 — a psalm of old age and trust. "For Thou art my patience, O Lord: my hope from my youth." Lapide: God is not merely the object of patience but its source — He is the patient man's patience. The theological virtue of hope (spes mea) grounded in God alone. Lapide: this verse is especially beautiful for the elderly who have "hoped from youth" — whose entire life has been a school of hope in God's fidelity.