O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Ver. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto us.] Brevicula sed pulchra precatio, a short but sweet prayer of the prophet, teaching thereby the people to put the promise in suit, and to do it effectually, using a thong of strong arguments, as here is much in few.
Be thou their arm.] Here the Church seemeth to pray for her children, as they before had prayed for her. Plena eat affectibus haec precatio.
Every morning.] Heb., In the mornings - that is, speedily, seasonably, continually, and for Christ's sake, Voce enim "matutinis" allusum adiuge sacrificium a Exo 29:39-41
a Scultet., Piscat.