Thomas Aquinas, on Ps 49:7

“Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.”

“"Hear." Here he treats of the disputation of the judgment. In the disputation of the judgment three things are necessary. One is required on our part. Another on the part of God. The third is the disputation itself. On our part there is required hearing, not only exterior and bodily with respect to things heard bodily, but also interior. Sir. 6: "If you love to hear," etc. And therefore he says, "Hear," that is, attend even interiorly. Mt. 13: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." "My people," because he who is not of his people does not hear him. Jn. 6: "Everyone who hears from my Father." Likewise, Jn. 8: "Therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God." On the part of God there is required speech and testimony; and therefore he says, "and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify to you." Now there is a twofold speech of God. One is exterior, through preachers. Heb. 1: "In times past, God spoke to the fathers through the prophets." The other is interior, through inspiration. Ps. 84: "What the Lord God speaks in me," etc. Likewise, testimony is twofold. One is through miracles. Jn. 5: "The works that I do give testimony of me." The other is through witnesses. Is. 44: "You are my witnesses." Acts 1: "You shall be witnesses to me," etc. And thus these can be the words of Christ instructing the people. "Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify to you" through miracles. Jn. 5: "The works which my Father gave me to accomplish." Likewise, Jn. 5: "Search the Scriptures." And therefore, I will speak through miracles and through Scriptures, that is, it will be apparent that I speak the truth and that I am true through the Scriptures. And what shall I testify? "I am God, your God," namely singularly. Ex. 20: "I am the Lord." And he says "am," on account of eternity, because he does not decline either into the past or into the future. And he says, "your God," because of the seed of Abraham. Rom. 9: "From whom Christ is according to the flesh."”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.