marching,“ but that by walking in those who everywhere proclaim Thee, Thou wilt scatter hither and thither the streams of Thy doctrine? What is ’‘The abyss uttered its voice?‘ Is it not that the depth of the human heart expressed what it perceived? The words, ’‘The depth of its phantasy,“ are an explanation of the previous verse, for the depth is the abyss; and ’‘Uttered its voice“ is to be understood before them, that is, as we have said, it expressed what it perceived. Now the phantasy is the vision, which it did not hold or conceal, but poured forth in confession. ’‘The sun was raised up, and the moon stood still in her course;“ that is, Christ ascended into heaven, and the Church was established under her King. ’‘Thy darts shall go in the light;“ that is, Thy words shall not be sent in secret, but openly. For He had said to His own disciples, ’‘What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in the light.“ ’‘By threatening thou shall diminish the earth;“ that is, by that threatening Thou shall humble men. ’‘And in fury Thou shall cast down the nations;“ for in punishing those who exalt themselves Thou dashest them one against another. ’‘Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, that Thou mightest save Thy Christ; Thou hast sent death on the heads of the wicked.“ None of these words require exposition. ’‘Thou hast lifted up the bonds, even to the neck.“ This may be understood even of the good bonds of wisdom, that the feet may be put into its fetters, and the neck into its collar. ’‘Thou hast struck off in amazement of mind the bonds“ must be understood for, He lifts up the good and strikes off the bad, about which it is said to Him, ’‘Thou hast broken asunder my bonds,“ and that ’‘in amazement of mind,“ that is, wonderfully. ’‘The heads of the mighty shall be moved in it;“ to wit, in that wonder. ’‘They shall open their teeth like a poor man eating secretly.“ For some of the mighty among the Jews shall come to the Lord, admiring His works and words, and shall greedily eat the bread of His doctrine in secret for fear of the Jews, just as the Gospel has shown they did. ’‘And Thou hast sent into the sea Thy horses, troubling many waters,“ which are nothing else than many people; for unless all were troubled, some would not be converted with fear, others pursued with fury. ’‘I gave heed, and my belly trembled at the voice of the prayer of my lips; and trembling entered into my bones, and my habit of body was troubled under me.“ He gave heed to those things which he said, and was himself terrified at his own prayer, which he had poured forth prophetically, and in which he discerned things to come. For when many people are troubled, he saw the threatening tribulation of the Church, and at once acknowledged himself a member of it, and said, ’‘I shall rest in the day of tribulation,“ as being one of those who are rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. ’‘That I may ascend,“ he says, ’‘among the people of my pilgrimage,“ departing quite from the wicked people of his carnal kinship, who are not pilgrims in this earth, and do not seek the country above. ’‘Although the fig-tree,“ he says, ’‘shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall lie, and the fields shall yield no meat; the sheep shall
正文 18.32 Of the Prophecy that is Contained in the Prayer and Song of Habakkuk.（2 / 3）