Francis Patrick Kenrick

The words " look upon me," whicli are not in St. Jerome's translation, are put by way of interpre- tation of the second word ^/N, which, however, is hut a repetition of the first. This psalm begins with the very words which Christ used on the cross, amorously complaining to His Father of His mysterious abandonment. Matt, xxvii. 46. Mark xv. 34. The whole psalm is prophetic of His sufferings. No fact in the life of David, or event in sacred history can be shown, to which it is applicable.