“And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my iniquity.”
Annotation CLXXIV, Concerning satisfaction (Psalm 50:3) — Annotations on the Old Testament Annotations on the Old Testament
Annotatio CLXXIV
”And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my iniquity.” — Psalm 50:3
Chrysostom, in homily 2 on the fiftieth Psalm, interpreting this clause, among other things inserts these words:1 “Where mercy is implored, interrogation ceases; where mercy is sought, judgment rages not; where mercy is asked, there is no place for punishment; where [there is] mercy, [there is] no inquiry; where [there is] mercy, the answer is [one] of pardon.” John Calvin, in the ninth chapter of his Institutes, abuses this sentence to overthrow the satisfactory penalties, which the theologians teach are most especially necessary to penitents.2 Reread Annotation 16 of this book.
Footnotes
Right margin: Concerning satisfaction. (De satisfactione.)↩
Left margin: Satisfactory penalties are necessary to penitents. (Poenae satisfactoriae sunt poenitentibus necessariae.)↩
Sixtus of Siena, O.P., “Annotation CLXXIV, Concerning satisfaction (Psalm 50:3),” in Annotations on the Old Testament,
English translation, Mind of the Church,
https://mindofthechurch.com/works/bibliotheca-sancta/175-annotation-clxxiv-concerning-satisfaction-psalm-50-3/.
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