Thomas Aquinas, on Ps 19:8

“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.”

“"They." Here the diverse outcome is set forth, which is the outcome of the wicked. Jerome has "bowed down," and then it is clear, because bowing down is the way to falling, and so the power of the world gradually fails. Or "bound," because temporal goods bind, and especially sinners: Wis. 14: "The creatures of God were made for hatred and as a snare for the feet of the foolish," that is, of sinners. Hence he says, "And they have fallen," because in the end they shall be crushed: Is. 8: "They shall fall and be crushed, and shall be ensnared and captured." Likewise the outcome of power: when he says, "But we have risen up gradually"; Mic. 7: "I have fallen; I shall rise again. When I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light." "And we have been set upright." Just as bowing down is the way to a fall, so being set upright is the way to the rectitude of one's state. And this is in holiness.”

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